This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment ----- Original Message -----=20 Pre 1939, to me, means before WWll. John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada I don't know if anyone was making pianos between 1939 and 1945. I've = always just said pre- and post-war pianos. Maybe enough history has = happened since 1945 that we need to be more specific so people aren't = confused. Did I just confuse everyone? The principal cause of WWII was WWI. Things were poorly--if at = all--resolved after WWI and the crushing, demoralizing, and = destabilizing burdens that were laid on Germany created the perfect = nurturing ground for the nutty Nazi and his ilk. The lesson was learned, = I guess, because WWII was followed up with much more sensitivity, = generosity--whatever you want to call it--in the Marshall Plan, etc. = Modern free Germany & Japan are a tribute to the foresight of Truman, = Ike, Churchill, MacArthur, etc. On the other hand, were the burning, underlying causes of ALL the = trouble resolved? Nope. WWI started with an assassination in Sarajevo = and the instant Tito's "lid" on that region was lifted they fell into = the old Pre-WWI tribal conflicts that have been raging for centuries. Sigh. Alan Barnard Salem, MO P.S. I don't know why I wrote all that--current troubles on my mind I = guess. War is sure a terrible option but unilateral pacifism and = appeasement never work, either; they just seem to delay the war and make = it bigger. P.P.S. There was one terrifically good consequence of WWII for piano = tuners, however: All birdcage production was halted, forever. Amen P.P.P.S. Did y'all hear Paul Harvey's "The Rest of The Story" about the = life of Franz Mohr? It was well done, very interesting, and a tribute to = a great member of the profession. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/ef/27/ef/32/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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