In defense of TAR (Was S&S retrofit rails ?)

kam544@earthlink.net kam544@earthlink.net
Fri, 11 Sep 1998 06:45:58 -0700 (PDT)


>...but is so
>encrusted with an aura of mythology and mystique that it becomes a sacrilege
>to modify it. I think a little re-engineering is definitely in order.
>
>Regards,
> Ron

Dear Ron, List,

With all due respect to you and others caught up in this thread, it is more
mythology and mystique to me that some feel that they have better ways to
make, build, and/or re-engineer a Steinway than the Steinway company
itself.  I would think that if better ways were self evident as are being
proclaimed, the "powers that be" would not hesitate to implement them in a
natural course of time.

I, for one, sincerely appreciate Stephen Dove's time spent in searching out
the reasons for the Steinway rails, *and* especially for posting the patent
information concerning the invention of these rails on Pianotech.  It
seemed a clear, honest, truthful, and sincere account with no hype.

Keith McGavern
kam544@earthlink.net
Registered Piano Technician
Oklahoma Chapter 731
Piano Technicians Guild
USA




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