<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: All Steinway school???</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Wim, Being an All Steinway School, means that you are using all Steinway product= s.  This includes using the Boston and Essex pianos!  I think you = have a good understanding of the source of those other names.  Steinway= dealers are anxious to develop this kind of relationship with colleges for = their own reasons.  I don't know the answers to all of the questions, b= ut I do know that having Bostons and Essexes will not add the quality implie= d by saying "We are an All Steinway School!" Just a "heads up" on this. Ray -- Ray T. Bentley, RPT Alton, IL ray@bentley.net www.ray.bentley.net The difficult, I do right away.  The impossible takes a little longer.= From: Wimblees@aol.com <BLOCKQUOTE>Reply-To: caut@ptg.org Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 11:10:06 EST To: caut@ptg.org Subject: All Steinway school??? </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE>To my esteemed colleagues Yesterday, at our faculty meeting/luncheon, our chair informed the faculty = we are in the process of looking into becoming an all Steinway School. One o= f the faculty members asked if spending all this money will be worth it. He = wondered if we should be spending all this money when there is a big need to= buy some other instruments, like timpani, bassoons, contra bassoons, Celest= e, etc. Although the money will come from private donations, the question is= , is it really worth close to a million dollars to become an all Steinway Sc= hool? I would like to ask some questions for any of you are an all Steinway schoo= l, or if any of you have considered becoming an all Steinway school. Those who are all Steinway schools, 1. Have you found there to be a significant increase in the quality of stud= ents attracted to your school since you became an all Steinway School? 2. Has it made a difference in the quality of faculty the school has recrui= ted since you became an all Steinway school? 3. Are faculty other than those who are directly related to pianos, (histor= y, applied instruments, etc.) satisfied that the school spent all that money= on pianos? Or was money spent also on other instruments? For those of you who are in schools where you thought of becoming an all St= einway school, but decided against it, what were some of your reasons for de= ciding not to become an all Steinway school? Is there anything else any one can add, both positive and negative, to this= thought. Thanks Wim Willem Blees University of Alabama </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>