Essex Musings

Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu
Sun, 28 Jan 2001 17:35:27 -0600


At 16:59 01/28/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>>unclear about is why they are even choosing names in Massachusetts.  What's
>>wrong with a piano named The Bronx?;>)
>>
>>jeannie
>
>"Steinway Music Properties", the holding company for Steinway Piano before 
>the Selmer buyout, and S&S becoming a publicly traded stock, had their 
>offices in Waltham, MA. I had heard that "Waltham" was the "beta name" for 
>the Boston line, but market research, focus groups, etc. nixed that 
>name.............



Might have been something to do with the well known watchmaker "Waltham"...



Conrad Hoffsommer - Luther College, Decorah, IA
Ignorance doesn't kill you, but it will make you sweat a lot.-Haitian proverb



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