> Dale: > > So far everyone has loved it. What’s not to love? As to the people who > ask if it is still a Steinway I confess to them that I really don’t > understand the question. It is still a piano. It was originally built > by Steinway and it has now been redesigned as a better piano. I just > don’t know what they mean by the question. If my Ford has been modified > with a racing engine is it still a Ford? I don’t know what that means. > > dave No, it's not still a Steinway. That was the whole point. It's a D+. I tried to make it into a better piano than it originally was. I'm working on my B+ for Rochester right now, and it's not still a Steinway either, nor ever will be again. It is my intention and hope that it will be better. It's OK though. I have a bucket of leftover "features" that were deleted from both, and everything in the bucket is 100% pure Steinway. There are bells, aliquot bars, and a fair pile of cast iron filings ground from various areas of the plates. The pianos seem grateful for the deletions, but I might consider selling these leftover features for a suitably outrageous sum if anyone is interested in adding Genuine Steinway Features to some lesser entity. Or not... I can always just keep the iron filings in the living room to throw into the fire by the handful this winter. Very sparkly, and lots of fun for the easily amused. Probably won't try that with the bells, but I'm considering marketing hurricane wind chimes on the Gulf coast (when you hear them, it's too late), and they could come in handy for that. Should work the same for tornadoes here too, so I might just keep them. I'll think about it. Tomorrow's another day. Ron N
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