<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> The piano faculty here have got the Steinway school bug and I need to learn more about this. Could some of you who have experience with this designation please give me some advice on how to proceed? What are the real benefits of going through this process? What is the down side?<div><br></div><div>We have some 80 practice rooms (115 total pianos). The thought of 80 1098's or Bostons makes my stomach churn. Of course, I would love to replace or upgrade our grands. We currently have less than 20 Steinway grands.</div><div><br></div><div>Which leads me to my main gripe, who is going to pay for this? It seems to me that we should begin this process by starting with the budget. Otherwise I think we're just window shopping at the Porsche dealership. At this point I'm worried about my annual contract renewal. And there just aren't that many music school alumni out there that can drop a check for 3-4 million.</div><div><br></div><div>The local Steinway dealer says that the first step is for him to come down for 2-3 days and do a total inventory assessment. Will spending this time building their data base be beneficial? Or will we be wasting the Porsche salesman's time. I have been meaning to download the CAUT data base and doing this myself. Would it still be beneficial, or better than the Steinway spread sheet. In my pessimism, I can't imagine the Steinway data base isn't going to lean favorably toward spending as much money as possible. </div><div><br></div><div>I would be really interested in hearing others experience with this. 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