a different piano design...

[Richard Moody]

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> From: Ron Nossaman <nossaman@SOUTHWIND.NET>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: a different piano design...
> Date: Sunday, February 15, 1998 11:08 AM
. Now if a good acoustic
> design can be competently manufactured in large numbers in the form
of a
> mid-priced piano, I think it would get some attention. It's
technically
> possible to do this. The political aspects of getting past
stone-headed
> human nature are all that is holding the process back. 
> 
>  Ron Nossaman

	But this  already happened.  Look at the imported grand pianos of
the late 70's, from Japan and Korea.  Very decent instruments very
"cheaper" than American and Eurpoean.  Grand pianos for the masses. 
And compare these imports to the lower priced grands that appeared on
the American market by domestic manufacturers in the 20's and 30's. 
The Brambachs, the H.C. Bay's, one actually named "Webber" If you
compare these pianos to the lower priced imports of the 70's and
80's, there is no question of who over came compromises in quality,
as you are proposing, if I may quote...  
>" Now if a good acoustic
> design can be competently manufactured in large numbers in the form
of a
> mid-priced piano, I think it would get some attention."

Now the question is, can Americans hope to make a quality mid-range
grand? Hmm there are only three makers left in America, and two of
them are known for superb quality, and the third, I understand by
hearsay, is dedicated to higher quality. Mass production seems to be
the problem religated to "off shore" (at least  that is a better term
than "foreign") competitors.  

Richard Moody