Delwin D Fandrich wrote: > > It was not my intent to be overly hard on all those MBA's. Any organization capable > of producing a product as complex as a piano for any length of time requires a vast > combination of skills and talents to keep it running. It only makes sense, when you > have beans to count -- hire a bean counter. I just think it is unfortunate that, > over the years, there has been such a reluctance on the part of many companies to > avoid product design and development. > > Del > > Del, I'm afraid you are 100% correct. I remember reading an article about changes at Steinway. This was before I went into piano work. I beleive the article was in the Smithosonian magazine, a pub of the famous museum here in Washigton, in the late 80's. The article made it sound like these folks were cutting corner's that piano men (and women) would never consider. On top of that, most folks don't stay at the same job more than 4-5 years. I think this could make it very hard for any paino company to maintain any sort of continuous game plan. Oh, well. Frank Cahill Associate Member N. VA.
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