----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: September 24, 2001 9:23 PM Subject: Re: Cheap vs costly > > > > > What makes S&S still a better seller is the name. I don't have a figure on > > this, but I wouldn't be surprised that a majority of S&S's are sold as a > > status symbol. > > > I find this to be the case too. People who buy Steinways most often went > shopping for Steinways, looked only at Steinways, and picked out the Steinway > they felt most met their desires. Those that went shopping for a performance > piano sometimes come home with a Steinway, but often as not, something else - > or nothing at all if they didn't find anything that met their desires. I've > spent a lot of time talking to this faction after the shopping trips. > OK. Maybe I should have left that part off of my question and just stuck to the issues of performance. Have you had a chance to tune and/or play any of the new S&S type Y-C pianos? Del
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