Cheap vs costly

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: September 24, 2001 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: Cheap vs costly


>
> >
> > What makes S&S still a better seller is the name. I don't have a figure
on
> > this, but I wouldn't be surprised that a majority of S&S's are sold as a
> > status symbol.
>
>
> I find this to be the case too. People who buy Steinways most often went
> shopping for Steinways, looked only at Steinways, and picked out the
Steinway
> they felt most met their desires. Those that went shopping for a
performance
> piano sometimes come home with a Steinway, but often as not, something
else -
> or nothing at all if they didn't find anything that met their desires.
I've
> spent a lot of time talking to this faction after the shopping trips.
>

OK. Maybe I should have left that part off of my question and just stuck to
the issues of performance. Have you had a chance to tune and/or play any of
the new S&S type Y-C pianos?

Del