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Using the car analogy, one that you just bought new is a "stock" or =
"showroom" Steinway: all original. Modifications may improve it, or =
not, depending on the modifier, may improve performance at the expense =
of reliability (in cars, anyway), and may invalidate a warranty. But in =
car racing, "showroom stock" is the slowest of the performance classes. =
--Cy--
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From: Avery Todd=20
To: Pianotech=20
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 11:49 PM
Subject: RE: Rebuilders gallery at national in Rochester (was News =
andRochester)
Hi Dave,=20
At 04:29 PM 10/5/05, you wrote:
Dale:
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So far everyone has loved it. What's not to love? As to the people =
who ask if it is still a Steinway I confess to them that I really don't =
understand the question. It is still a piano. It was originally built =
by Steinway and it has now been redesigned as a better piano. I just =
don't know what they mean by the question.=20
Of course, it's not still a Steinway. It's not the "original" =
instrument! If you don't believe it, just ask Steinway! Just kidding! =
:-)=20
Avery=20
If my Ford has been modified with a racing engine is it still a =
Ford? I don't know what that means.
=20
dave
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David M. Porritt
dporritt@smu.edu
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