<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: All Steinway school???</title></head><body> <div>Wim,</div> <div><br></div> <div>And don't forget the countless hours of prep you're going</div> <div>to have to do to get them where, IMO, they _should_ have</div> <div>been before they even left the factory. Unless you have a</div> <div>REALLY good dealer who does good prep. :-)</div> <div><br></div> <div>Avery</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Furthermore, why would a teaching institution teach on only one piano? Will the student never encounter anything else throughout their lives? What about the characteristics of other pianos? How can they be appreciated if they are never encountered? My 2 cents.<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Greg<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Overs Pianos wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Willem wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">. . Yesterday, at our faculty meeting/luncheon, our chair informed the faculty we are in the process of looking into becoming an all Steinway School.</font><br> </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> Becoming an all Steinway School would seem to be one effective way of demonstrating to the world that the School is one which is basically inward looking, and not open to new ideas. How can an 'artistic' institution allow one company's marketing plans to stifle difference, and indeed progress? Ron O.--<br> ______________________________<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Website:  <a href="http://www.overspianos.com.au">http://www.overspianos.com.au</a><br > Email:        <a href="mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au">mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au</a><br > ______________________________<br> </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>--<br> Greg Newell<br> <a href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net</a><br >  </blockquote> <div><br></div> </body> </html>