Eureka, you have found it, Dale. A fitting home for the magnificent D. And I found it at www.arkleycenter.com Tom Cole Fenton Murray wrote: > Dale, > I'm thrilled to hear the wonderful completion of your D's journey > through your hands, I plan to visit it. Something's wrong with your > link to the theatre. > Fenton > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Erwinspiano at aol.com <mailto:Erwinspiano at aol.com> > To: pianotech at ptg.org <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org> > Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 10:16 PM > Subject: Custom-built pianos > > Hi David > Of course ,I'm beating that drum with you. I didn't see Dave > Porritts post. Can some one e-mail it to me. > Black Beauty....My D, did sell ....finally...for the figures > mentioned but it was worth more than that in reality & in time > these custom built pianos from a variety of small shops will > (hopefully)have the kind of reputation required to command higher > prices than the mass produced one. > I as David A. stated I did deliver the D to it's location at the > Arkely center for the performing arts in Eureka Calif just > yesterday. The Center is a 1920's theatre that has been > meticulously restored & is a perfect acoustic location to enshrine > this wonderful full voiced piano. > After setting it up, those of us there walked about the > auditorium to hear how it spoke in the room. > I was totally & completly gratified that, after the arduous > restoration, sweat, tears & joy of experienced music in concerts & > tedious /marketing that, IMHO, it's final acoustic destiny was > worthy of the effort & will be a center piece of the musical > performing community on the extreme Northern Calif coast for years > to come. See www. <http://www.ArkelyCenter.com/>ArkelyCenter.com/ > <http://www.ArkelyCenter.com/> > Thanks to all those, who upon hearing Black Beauty In > Rochester,The Atelier & the 05 Sacramento Convention uttered > words of praise , encouragement & enthusiasm. > Kindest regards > Dale Erwin > > On Feb 23, 2007, at 4:42 AM, Porritt, David wrote: > >> This is the way of all the top instruments. >> > That's exactly right. Custom restoration, custom building. > It's all in the quality and THEN THE MARKETING, which most > artisans don't have a clue about, or are afraid to spend or > don't have the money (they think) to spend on the crucial > third leg of the stool--- > 1. excellent design & impeccable, stand-out capabilities to > produce a super product > 2. reliable means of production > 3. effective marketing/branding. > > Lack of this last one, along with cash flow issues, kills most > artisan efforts, or keeps them in the perceptual "doghouse" > vis-a-vis not being a "serious player at the high end." > >> The top French horns, flutes, violins etc. are all made in >> very small shops. The fact that we now have a few pianos >> being made this way is progress. >> > Yup. And I'm determined to build a brand and a desire for my > and other artisans' truly hand-built custom pianos. > I think the scoreboard proves it's possible: I've sold, in the > past 6 months, a Mason & Hamlin concert grand for $78,000, a > Steinway "C" for $66,000, and I'm about to sell my Hamburg "B" > for $55,000---and I could sell it to this guy for $10K more if > I hadn't put the $55K figure on my website and handouts---he > flat fell in love with the instrument, and has been looking at > "B's" between $65-75K; Dale Erwin sold the "D" I had for a > while to a venue in northern California for at least $75 or > 80K---so I think I can say with certitude that there's a > market for our best work, and that that market can be found > and served by artisan rebuilders. > >> The best factory made instruments of any type will never >> approach the small shop output in quality. It’s just that in >> our history this phenomenon has excluded pianos. Now it >> doesn’t. >> > Hooray. > >> dp >> > > David Andersen > > > > Dale Erwin--Piano Restorations > 4721 Parker rd > Modesto, Ca. 95357 > Shop 209-577-8397 > Web site http://www.Erwinspiano.com <http://www.erwinspiano.com/> > Restoration & Sales of > Steinway & Sons & other fine pianos. > " Soundboards by Design" > > > > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's > free from AOL at AOL.com > <http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaol%2Ecom>. > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070226/e2b92c91/attachment.html
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