Hi Thump, > while producing pianos that > seem to bear little change due to scientific scrutiny > --- from what they were in 1888! See, this doesn't bother me at all. Not to suggest modern pianos can't be made better, but we live in a culture that assumes newer technology must be better, which I do not agree with. Look at modern buildings compared to the old buildings and churches in Europe - nowadays we rarely (if ever!) make anything nearly as wonderful. But hey, we're more "advanced" now and we use computers. I would even dare to say that our current society is so influenced by our money-obsessed business model that quality has suffered, so I will usually lean more on the side of things were made better in the past. - John > 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
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