[pianotech] Fw: who pays? P.S.

[Ron Nossaman]

On 10/21/2012 10:09 AM, Euphonious Thumpe wrote:
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> *From: * Euphonious Thumpe <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>;
> *To: * Prof. Euphonious Thump <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>;
> *Subject: * Re: [pianotech] who pays? P.S.
> *Sent: * Sun, Oct 21, 2012 3:04:36 PM
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> On second thought: I truly WOULD NOT want S&S to adopt the improvements
> researched and developed by the dedicated and careful craftsmen experts
> on this list, because, after seeing "The Making of L-101", I am
> convinced that only a small percentage of its workforce would be
> interested in executing them properly. (So its better that only those
> who developed them benefit, and "May the best piano win!")

Don't worry. Steinway making fundamental changes would be admitting that 
what they have been doing for the last hundred years (even though that 
has changed), is less than ideal. That won't happen. Consider that when 
they needed a new model for the marketing mill, they couldn't design 
one, or hire someone to do so, but rather married within the family and 
resurrected the model O. As to them being capable of building a good 
piano of a different design, I don't see a problem. One of the major 
points in the redesign that I do (Not speaking for the others) is that 
they don't take supernatural methods to build, and that Steinway's 
deficiencies are primarily in the design, not so much in the execution. 
With some working design changes and uniform production and assembly 
jigging and procedures, there's no reason other than their attitude that 
Steinway couldn't make a DEPENDABLY first rate piano. I've said the same 
of Baldwin.

Ron N