In a message dated 7/25/2001 8:42:38 PM Central Daylight Time, RNossaman@KSCABLE.com writes: << Assuming that this is a reasonably accurate assessment of the status quo, rather than the random ravings of yet another unenlightened soul not getting what he thinks is his due, using the S&S rebuilding facility as a price benchmark serves quite admirably as an unquestionably authoritative validation of the new price increases we all have coming (since it's universally agreed that we work too cheap for the magic we produce). No matter how many wretched killer octaves, honking low tenors, dinking trebles, and flat soundboards folks encounter in these pianos, the entrenched mystique will carry the day and these defects will become features before the ink even dries on the marketing copy. They barely even have to try anymore, so why shouldn't we take some advantage of a psychological aberration we couldn't correct if we lived forever, >> As usual, well-put. If, however, there were enough lost voices in the wilderness, voices that together had some audibility and clarity (unlike some sw clunkers), perhaps it would make a difference. I personally will quietly and gently carry on the attempt to bring SW to their senses. I would be ever so happy to find in them a true benchmark for quality, but I do not, as you have so aptly echoed. It is the infernal screeching of the sales domain over the loss of quality that keeps me going, plus the inherent conflict of interest between the stated ethical posture of the guild and the very questionable ethical behavior of SW. Anyone working for SW who is also a member of the guild mayhap should find out what their employer is up to and make a decision of some sort. So. Thus. And such. Thanks for the rejoinder. Sorry to have missed you in Reno. PR-J
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