Who needs,,,,,,,,,,

[Carol Beigel]

I see I am being quoted in a way I did not quite intend!  While it is true 
that Steinway "is growing their own" field technicians, training people from 
other trades to do piano work in New York City, I did not get the impression 
that this field service was inadequate.  I suppose that even though they 
don't use piano technicians to build their pianos, they don't necessarily 
need piano technicians to service them either.  People can be trained to do 
specific jobs, and not have to know everything about something to do it well 
- at least that's one theory of American industry these days.

My point was that if someone was looking to do piano work on the East Coast 
of the U.S. they might find an employer in Steinway and Sons.

BTW, even though their pianos often need more "finishing" out of the box, at 
least in the hands of a competent technician, they can become everything a 
piano can be.

Carol Beigel

>From: "Kevin E. Ramsey" <ramsey@extremezone.com>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Subject: Re: Who needs,,,,,,,,,,
>Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 18:20:42 -0700
>
>     Carol Beigel wrote:
>
>
>"Steinway and Sons is so
>desperate for field techs in New York city, that they take people off the
>streets and train them."
>
>     So that explains it. I knew one guy here in Phoenix who had hitched a 
>ride in the back of a pick-up truck all the way from Seattle to work here. 
>He was a little weird, if you know what I mean. He was almost homeless, and 
>yet he said that he once worked for Steinway, had a little photo ID to 
>prove it.
>     They put out a good product, after it's finished by a qualified tech; 
>it certainly doesn't come that way from the factory.
>
>Flame suit is on, but before you flick your bic, have you worked on one, 
>straight from the factory lately?  They are only rivaled by the Baldwin 
>hallmark of quality.
>
>     (Double bagging the flame suit)
>

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