Who you callin' a whore? A little bit slutty can be a good thing...... ;-) Terry Farrell > Hi folks... > Terry writes in a long post where he for the first time enters into the > frey full footedly !! :) > > Unfortunately, this paragraph at least is fullstendig boom fail... as in > the reverse of what is reality. Pianos outside of the Steinway and > Clones genre are plentiful, and all have found their most welcome place > in so very very many situations. Thats what the buying public at large > has said. It is only the concert environment, and by that I mean as in > Carnegie Hall and the likes... Classical music mostly, that the > Dominance of Steinway instruments is evident in any degree as to be such > that the word <<significant>> is a gross understatement. > > Only on this list does there seem to be an abject reaction to this fact. > Perhaps understandably so since at least 2 of the major participants > from that camp produce their own instruments styles that portend to > compete directly with this part of the market. Still, the fact remains > that the public has had nigh on 150 years to make its cumulative > judgment amongst the many varied approaches to instrument building in > this particular regard... and there is really nothing all that new on > the table today. > > Only here, on this list, and in a few pockets elsewhere is there an > evident resistance to any one type of instrument building philosophy by > an identifiable group of individuals. And it is Steinway specifically > (curiously enough) and not the CC board in general that bears the > greatest brunt of this affront. Which, should tell the real tale of what > this is all about. > > Repeatedly, it seems needed to say, that the vast majority of us have no > problem whatsoever with whatever type of construction one wishes to > employ.... quite the opposite. What IS reacted to is the seemingly near > fanatic need to somehow show or prove that this RB & S idea is far > superior to anything that has been come up with before.... which is > quite the opposite point as attempted being made below. Said simply... > it is NOT anything but Steinway that is being snubbed... it is Steinway > that is being snubbed. And it should be obvious to one and all whores > doing the real snubbing. > > That said.... I wouldnt have things any other way, nor would I have > Terry any other way then he is... watch this guy folks... he'll be out > building the lot of you before you know it. > > Cheers > RicB > > "I have read repeatedly on this list how pretty much all of what is being > done with rib crowned soundboard designs and rim modifications, etc. > have all been done before. These have been discussed ad-naseum. > Certainly some new thining is also going on here, but the nuts and bolts > of it are clearly recognised as having been used again and again in the > past. I think what might be novel here, at least considering the last > years or so, is that anything different from what that famous NY > manufacturer does could possibly be worthy of consideration." > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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