Rebuilders gallery at national in Rochester (was News andRochester)

[Avery Todd]

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Hi Dave,

At 04:29 PM 10/5/05, you wrote:
>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.

Of course, it's not still a Steinway. It's not the "original" 
instrument! If you don't believe it, just ask Steinway! Just kidding! :-)

Avery

>  If my Ford has been modified with a racing engine is it still a 
> Ford?  I don't know what that means.
>
>dave
>
>David M. Porritt
><mailto:dporritt@smu.edu>dporritt@smu.edu
>
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>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] 
>On Behalf Of Erwinspiano@aol.com
>Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 2:55 PM
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: Re: Rebuilders gallery at national in Rochester (was News 
>andRochester)
>
>   Dave
>    Well now that you have a bona fide Nossaman /Steinway D I 
> believe you have braggin rights about the overall performance 
> enhancements such a thing can produce.
>  But Dave, they'll say ,is it still a Steinway. & your response 
> will be ............?
>   Who cares ,.... just listen to it. What says the faculty? You?
>   Love your tude ,dude
>    Dale  Erwin
>Soapbox warning --------
>
>I have been energized by the possibility of improvement in our 
>chosen instrument for a while.  Now that we have a real, improved, 
>better-than-you're-used-to piano here on campus I have some hope 
>that this spirit of further development can really catch on.  One of 
>the many problems with thinking that the piano is now as good as it 
>can be is that you can't innovate.  If you change something, that is 
>a tacit admission that the piano wasn't perfect before.  Fortunately 
>most industries don't have that approach to their products.  Yes, 
>the overhead valve engine is an admission that the flat head engine 
>was not perfect.  The MRI is an admission that x-rays and CT scans 
>were not perfect.  How on earth did we get to the point where we 
>thought the piano had fully evolved?  That really is a true mystery to me!
>
>--------off soapbox.
>
>Sorry!
>
>dp
>
>
>

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