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I'm aware of that one. It has been my admittedly limited experience that I have at least as good results with the current (and I do mean current) Steinway parts as with any others I've used. And clearly better than many I've tried or come across. I do also admit to not working very hard on generating data. Just paying attention to the results.<div><br></div><div>That's results in terms of problems downstream and tone and volume palette. As in complaints, or occasionally interesting comments, from the owner or artist. Mostly in customer homes and carefully chaperoned concert instruments. The "institutional" setting still feels a bit like new territory to me, so I hope to get to the Oberlin/Steinway seminar and pick their brains.</div><div><br></div><div>Doug</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jun 25, 2008, at 3:17 PM, Barbara Richmond wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi Doug,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I may be mistaken, but I don't think it's the price of the parts, it's the pinning/flange cloth controversy.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Uh oh, I mentioned it...<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>:-o</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Barbara Richmond, RPT</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">near Peoria, Illinois</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Wood" <<a href="mailto:dew2@u.washington.edu">dew2@u.washington.edu</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">To: "College and University Technicians" <<a href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 3:10 PM</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: Re: [CAUT] Which S&S replacement action parts?</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi, all. I'm looking for perspective in what follows, as I come from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>a background where the rewards for staying close to the "Steinway<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Way" have been very great.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </blockquote><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><snip></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I do understand that Steinway knows all too well how to charge for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>their parts. (Anyone ever thought of pegging their price increases to Steinway's?) But I do find them to work exceedingly well, and be<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>quite durable. I am also fortunate that our staff rebuilding time is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>small enough that the administrator is happy to pay for as many parts<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of my choosing as I can actually get into pianos.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Doug Wood</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">School of Music</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">University of Washington</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </blockquote><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div>Doug Wood</div><div><br></div><div>School of Music</div><div>University of Washington</div></span> </div><br></div></body></html>