Hi, Ron, At 03:17 PM 2/22/2006, you wrote: >>O the cynicism ... > >Yea, I suppose. Seriously though, where else could Steinway get a >new piano design that they'd put their name on? Peter Mohr, a few others, perhaps. > Is there anyone still living and working for Steinway that has > ever designed a piano from a blank sheet of paper (or computer screen, now)? Hard to say. Even if the answer is "yes", what kind of real-time experimentation has been done? By whom? etc. > If not, that means either hiring someone from (gasp!) outside, or > rummaging through the back room for old parts to recycle in a new package. The latter is not available since someone-who-shall-remain-nameless shamelessly trashed everything out of the Ollie Meyer room..."no longer any reason to keep it around....". Best. Horace
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