Rib crowning & compression failure

[Bec and John]

Hi Ric,

>  And it is Steinway specifically (curiously enough) and not the CC 
> board in general that bears the greatest brunt of this affront.

If I hadn't ever seen or heard a Steinway piano before joining this 
list I would have thought they were the worst pianos ever, and not just 
regarding soundboard issues! I would then have to conclude the pianists 
who like them are just fools/deceived and know nothing about pianos. I 
would then question their musical talent/ability. In the end I would 
have to say that pianists who like Steinways are bad musicians or at 
least good musicians who somehow don't know enough about what they do 
to notice they're playing on a bad instrument.

:-)

- John