Sneaky Steinway, cost factors

[Bec and John]

Hi Mike,

That's a definite possibility, money is so often the deciding factor 
nowadays. But then again, Steinway supposedly just invested 1.7m to 
improve manufacturing (or something of the sort). Sometimes money 
investments are to actually improve the product in order to make more 
money!

- John


> Well, how about cost?
>
> We pay the string-winders $3 to $5 each for wrapped strings, compared 
> to about $0.20 for 5' of #22 wire.
>
> When you consider that the airlines omit olives from the salads served 
> in first class as a cost-cutting measure,
> it's a miracle that some pianos contain any bass strings at all.
>
> Mike