Dear Mr. Brekne,
With all due respect: it is not the fact that
Steinway produces some very enjoyable pianos that is
being criticised. It is the fact that they seem to
"rest on their laurels", and bask in the lucrative,
idolatrous adulation that is heaped upon them by much
of the planet's populace, while producing pianos that
seem to bear little change due to scientific scrutiny
--- from what they were in 1888!
Also: Other fine pianos have come and gone: some,
in many ways, superior --- only to be quashed by the
marketing Juggernaut of S$Sons, N.Y.!
And those vanquished pianos often take their
secrets of construction with them. it is that which we
despise. ANYONE who thinks they are above improvement
is, by nature, reprehensible!
Thump
> Who you callin' a whore? A little bit slutty can be
> a good thing...... ;-)
>
> Terry Farrell
>
>
> > Hi folks...
> > Terry writes in a long post where he for the first
> time enters into the
> > frey full footedly !! :)
> >
> > Unfortunately, this paragraph at least is
> fullstendig boom fail... as in
> > the reverse of what is reality. Pianos outside of
> the Steinway and
> > Clones genre are plentiful, and all have found
> their most welcome place
> > in so very very many situations. Thats what the
> buying public at large
> > has said. It is only the concert environment, and
> by that I mean as in
> > Carnegie Hall and the likes... Classical music
> mostly, that the
> > Dominance of Steinway instruments is evident in
> any degree as to be such
> > that the word <<significant>> is a gross
> understatement.
> >
> > Only on this list does there seem to be an abject
> reaction to this fact.
> > Perhaps understandably so since at least 2 of the
> major participants
> > from that camp produce their own instruments
> styles that portend to
> > compete directly with this part of the market.
> Still, the fact remains
> > that the public has had nigh on 150 years to make
> its cumulative
> > judgment amongst the many varied approaches to
> instrument building in
> > this particular regard... and there is really
> nothing all that new on
> > the table today.
> >
> > Only here, on this list, and in a few pockets
> elsewhere is there an
> > evident resistance to any one type of instrument
> building philosophy by
> > an identifiable group of individuals. And it is
> Steinway specifically
> > (curiously enough) and not the CC board in general
> that bears the
> > greatest brunt of this affront. Which, should tell
> the real tale of what
> > this is all about.
> >
> > Repeatedly, it seems needed to say, that the vast
> majority of us have no
> > problem whatsoever with whatever type of
> construction one wishes to
> > employ.... quite the opposite. What IS reacted to
> is the seemingly near
> > fanatic need to somehow show or prove that this RB
> & S idea is far
> > superior to anything that has been come up with
> before.... which is
> > quite the opposite point as attempted being made
> below. Said simply...
> > it is NOT anything but Steinway that is being
> snubbed... it is Steinway
> > that is being snubbed. And it should be obvious
> to one and all whores
> > doing the real snubbing.
> >
> > That said.... I wouldnt have things any other way,
> nor would I have
> > Terry any other way then he is... watch this guy
> folks... he'll be out
> > building the lot of you before you know it.
> >
> > Cheers
> > RicB
> >
> > "I have read repeatedly on this list how pretty
> much all of what is being
> > done with rib crowned soundboard designs and rim
> modifications, etc.
> > have all been done before. These have been
> discussed ad-naseum.
> > Certainly some new thining is also going on here,
> but the nuts and bolts
> > of it are clearly recognised as having been used
> again and again in the
> > past. I think what might be novel here, at least
> considering the last
> > years or so, is that anything different from what
> that famous NY
> > manufacturer does could possibly be worthy of
> consideration."
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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