Falcone pianos

[RicB]

I Alan... others..

Say what you will... but its stories like these that make me understand 
why there are such a thing as socialists in this world !

Cheers
RicB


    I would love to write a dissertation on corporate profit and
    shareholder greed,  or the scandalous mercenary attitudes of
    monopolistic megalithic multinational conglomerates, but I won't!


           He (Santi Falcone) managed enough financial backing to
        purchase an old shoe factory on Duncan Street in Haverhill, and
        continued building very high-quality hand-manufactured pianos
        (serial #s 1000- 1200) before a need for finances rendered him
        unable to continue without taking the company "public".  This is
        when a disastrous blow befell the company.  In need of
        financing, Santi Falcone was "consumed", by  1% (51% ownership)
        in 1989 and offered the opportunity by its new owners to remain
        as a "technician"-- destroying all his dreams of building
        instruments that rival Steinway, Fazioli, and the other greats.