This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Well, Steinway owns Kelly and Kluge now so they are genuine. The Mapes strings and Renner parts.........I don't know. I'm just curious if this is what people are thinking when they ask the "Is it still a Steinway" question. Do they really think we're drawing a mustache on the Mona Lisa? If so, you have to admire the marketing effort that built this image. =20 dp =20 David M. Porritt dporritt@smu.edu ________________________________ From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Farrell Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 7:01 AM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: Mona Lisa effect =20 "If it doesn't have 12,011 genuine Steinway parts it isn't a Steinway" =20 I've often wondered if the Kelly plate (accounting for half the mass of the instrument!), the Kluge keys, the Renner action and the Mapes strings have been counted among the 12,011 "genuine Steinway" parts. =20 Terry Farrell David M. Porritt wrote: =20 I've been asked this question "Is it still a Steinway" and as I said before, I can only admit I don't understand the question. I've been thinking today that there might be the Mona Lisa effect here. You can like the Mona Lisa or not, your choice. However as the most widely recognized work of art ANY change to it would be considered defacing it. Is this what these people are asking? Do they think that Steinway makes 3,000 Mona Lisas a year and that any change is defacing? Steinway promotes this idea with their ads ("If it doesn't have 12,011 genuine Steinway parts it isn't a Steinway"). Is this what they are thinking? ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/25/bd/83/e0/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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