Robert I second that! Dale Erwin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert A. Anderson" <fandango@dakotacom.net> To: "Pianotech Digest" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 3:18 PM Subject: Re: rescaling > About Phil's comments: I personally would like to make the pianos I > service sound and play as well as possible. I don't see why I would want > to make sure that a piano remained a "Steinway" or any other brand name > just for the sake of a supposed authenticity. If I were manufacturing > pianos, I can see how I might be inclined in that direction for the sake > of marketing. But I'm not, so the notion that changing anything about a > piano is bad because it would no longer be what it started out as is not > a useful notion to me. > > Beyond the original design of the piano, which may or may not call for > improvement, the actual manufacture of the piano is another thing. It > would be a mistake to confuse the plan for a piano with the execution of > that plan. I have observed executions (no pun intended) of designs that > are pretty grotesque(the executions, I mean). This includes Steinways. > This doesn't single out Steinways, but their factory workers are human > just like factory workers everywhere. Henry Steinway characterized his > factory workers this way (during a strike threat): "Fire them and hire > 400 other swine." > > Anyway, as I see it, the bottom line in fine piano restoration shouldn't > have anything to do with emotional attachments to "brand names." We all > have our institutional prejudices, but they shouldn't interfere with the > work we do. > > Bob Anderson > Tucson, AZ > >
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