Long term pitch drop, was: Type O

[RicB]

I would think that if there is one thing the piano industry has itself 
proven over time is that the absolute best that can be built is not the 
result of a factory manufacturing situation.  The best factories have 
done about all then could possibly do to combine the idea some form of 
mass production with the idea of hand made-craftmanship. Inherent in 
this concept is the admission that the best artisans, if left to 
themselves would be able to produce a superior instrument then can be 
produced in a factory setting. Indeed, to some degree one can still pay 
for <<extra attention>> at some of the better factories.

Strikes me that it is entirely possible, if not highly probable, that 
the absolute best the industry has produced to date has come out of some 
small 1-2 man shop setting.

I dont like to use words like better or best or worse often... because 
so often they are used in contexts that have to do with purely 
subjective things.  But the quantifiable exists to be sure.  Ron Overs 
piano in Rochester for example.  The obvious care taken to just about 
every detail was indeed superiour to just about anything I have ever 
seen from anywhere.

Cheers
RicB

    If you point of reference is the finest that the piano industry has
    produced to date, I'll stick to my answer, Thank you very much!

    Frank