Hi Ed, As I heard at my seminar on Saturday it was Alan Vincent who said only Steinway could make a plus out of inconsistency. James Grebe R.P.T. of the P.T.G pianoman@inlink.com Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups and Practical Piano Peripherals in St. Louis, MO -----Original Message----- From: ETomlinCF3@AOL.COM <ETomlinCF3@AOL.COM> To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> Date: Sunday, November 15, 1998 3:41 PM Subject: Martha Stewart on pianos >List, > >Martha Stewart was on Sunday giving a tour of Steinway. She said in 10 years >Steinways value goes up 200%. She all but gave them a good 10 minute >commercial. She showed various action assemblies and then off to tone >voicing. > >I watched a man take a full section of hammers and with what looked lide 4mm >long needles he needled the hammers all over from 9 o'clock to 2 o'clock but >did not aim for a specific place on the molding. He seemed to not care... hit >and miss, check then hit and miss again. They spoke of achieving that >"Steinway" sound then said all of them would sound diferent due to the heart >of the tech being born in the instrument. I sat and laughed at what I saw. >Steinway should be pleased with the commercial but could someone explain "the >Steinway sound" to me. I have never met two Steinways that sounded the same. > >Now Yamaha, one the other hand, they know how to make a consistant product. >Kawai seems to have this down as well. Even the Korean pianos have their own >sound. Why can't they do the same? > >Just thinking out loud, > >Ed Tomlinson >(wearing my overly used flame suit) >
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