The most recent press release I have puts them at 18% in January 2010. If anybody can find evidence that corroborates Ed's memory, I'd be very appreciative. AA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Sutton" <ed440 at mindspring.com> To: "Laurence Libin" <lelibin at optonline.net>, caut at ptg.org Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 3:48:16 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Lacquered hammers I recall a press release that said 30%...3% shy of one-third. Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurence Libin" <lelibin at optonline.net> To: "Ed Sutton" <ed440 at mindspring.com>; <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 3:24 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Lacquered hammers > Does Samick literally own one-third of Steinway? I didn't realize they'd > increased their share that much. > Laurence > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ed Sutton" <ed440 at mindspring.com> > To: <caut at ptg.org> > Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 3:19 PM > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Lacquered hammers > > >> Each year at NAMM I discover how much the world is not what it would be >> if I were in charge. >> Gradually I am learning that it is what it is, and that I need to respect >> that what exists is at least able to exist. >> >> People (including people in power at colleges) say many ignorant things >> about pianos, but years ago I realized that if everybody dumber than me >> got as smart as me, I'd be at the bottom percentile, not a thought that >> pleases me. People mostly repeat what they were told, so change is >> usually slow and capricious. >> >> Meanwhile, if you want to see pianos made according to more current >> technology, go to Indonesia and visit the Samick plant. They are already >> making bellies and cases (now called "tone bodies") for increasingly >> prestigious-named companies (who are rather secretive about it...wonder >> why?). And they own one third of Steinway. >> >> By the way, placebos do work, by reducing the stress hormones in the >> brain. What makes a placebo work better? Bigger, more colorful, more >> expensive, used by somebody famous, just plain belief, everybody knows >> it's good. These are from double-blind tests of sugar pills. Do you >> suppose it doesn't apply to pianists, piano dealers, and piano >> technicians? Truth is our brains can't keep up, and we got no choice but >> to keep huffing or drop out. >> >> Let me know when the world is fixed. >> Meanwhile, let me know if I'm being human, more or less. >> >> Ed Sutton >> >> >>> If nobody wants to play it, it won't get played, period. It will be a >>> failure, period. No matter how much of your life's blood you have given >>> to make it the best it can be (in your opinion). >>> Dragging the state of the art back to the stone age? Well, the state of >>> the art has to please the state of the art. Meaning the modern piano >>> has to please the modern pianist, and the concert piano has to please >>> its wide range of users. If the "state of the art" of piano redesign is >>> capable of doing that, it will be a resounding success. If not, not. >>> Are there examples of redesigned concert pianos that have met with >>> consensus success at their institutions? If so, those are the >>> instruments to examine to discover what portions of redesign are most >>> fruitful. (Redesign for the individual is a completely different >>> animal). >>> >>> Regards, >>> Fred Sturm >>> fssturm at unm.edu >>> "Since everything is in our heads, we had better not lose them." Coco >>> Chanel >>> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20110220/8cffec40/attachment.htm>
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