Stienway d-rolled bridge saga- report

[Horace Greeley]

Hi, Terry,

At 04:19 PM 7/8/2005, you wrote:
>Hello Horace,
>
>Can you expand and clarify your comment about changes made in soundboard 
>construction over time ("beginning in the mid-1950s, and pretty much 
>completed during the later 1980s/early 1990s")? Is this something peculiar 
>to Steinway?

Yes.

>  Are you commenting on the private rebuilding industry?

Sometimes.

>  Or is this a comment about the manufacturing industry in general?

Not necessarily.


>Thanks.

Sure.

Best.

Horace



>Terry Farrell
>
>www.farrellpiano.com
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Horace Greeley" <hgreeley@stanford.edu>
>
>SNIP
>
>>  - This goes largely, but not exclusively co-equally to the much-debated 
>> method of construction used, changes made in those methods over time 
>> (beginning in the mid-1950s, and pretty much completed during the later 
>> 1980s/early 1990s), and, like it or not, the combined problems faced by 
>> all piano makers of decreasing quality both as to raw materials and labor pool.
>
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