Steinways / David Andersen

[David Love]

I would say there are two possibilities for that happening, slim and none.
I don't see how Steinway would feel that it's in there interest to establish
a group of techs to police them and their dealers.  Shall we establish the
Steinway study group and provide a public series of recommendations:-)?  I
wouldn't do it if I were them.  They have nothing to gain from it and plenty
to lose.  The issue is an internal one and one between them and their
dealers.  The best you can hope for is that they simply take the type of
criticisms that have been expressed on advisement and address it.  

BTW, I don't agree with David Andersen on the soundboard/front end ratio, at
least not exactly.  While outright failures are not that common, unevenness
in outcomes is, especially through the treble sections.  I think that
inconsistency is inherent in the process and we too easily learn to accept
less than is possible.  

David Love
davidlovepianos at comcast.net 
www.davidlovepianos.com

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of RicB
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 2:48 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Steinways / David Andersen


... it may very well be in their interests to establish contact with 
a pool of non-aligned (and non-hostile) techs to work as a kind of 
control mechanism.  Both to improve the general quality of finished 
instruments, improve what apparently is vulnerability in customer 
relations, and to identify dealerships that do not live up to their part 
of the <<bargain>> implied in the present manufacturer / dealer 
relationship.

Cheers
RicB