[pianotech] who pays--A perspective On Steinway marketing

[Ron Nossaman]

On 10/21/2012 1:57 PM, Dale Erwin wrote:

> Thatcomment  was primarily I hope for the long ears listening from
> ........

So who you talking to, them or me? By now, they probably know sucking up 
when they see it. But then they're used to it and consider it their due.


> But...Over alifetime  of repairing these pianos, it adds up. Andyou
> are  correct the geographic/demographic
>
> difference is huge.

Yes, I know.


> Bullshit.Ok, whateverand  make money at it?

If pianos, Steinway included, weren't choked with design problems, we 
wouldn't know the difference and would (still) be doing conventional 
rebuilds and service. Redesign would have never come up without a reason 
and a need, and no, that reason isn't necessarily Steinway, though 
they're the most obnoxious about it. It wasn't until I got into redesign 
that I started getting Steinways in the shop to any great degree. Before 
that, it was Cables, Kimballs, Baldwins, Masons, and upright players and 
such.



> Are you saying I'm a snob?

No, but the attitude certainly exists among the populous, and techs.
Ron N