<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: When is a Steinway still a Steinway</title></head><body> <div>At 9:58 PM -0500 18/11/02, Terry Farrell wrote:</div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>>From steinway.com:<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>"Steinway & Sons refuses to skimp on materials, labor and effort in the construction of a musical instrument that is as close to perfection as the hand and cunning of man can make it."</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>We shouldn't believe everything we read.</div> <div><br></div> <div>At 6:55 PM -0800 18/11/02, gordon stelter wrote:</div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><br> Why not put Steinway, Knabe, etc. on the name board,as<br> is appropriate, and a little booklet inside the piano<br> explaining your modifications, and other<br> specifications of the rebuilding, for all posterity to<br> read?<br>      Thump</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Well said Gordon. I believe this is the best way to deal with this problem. When we modify Steinway pianos, we produce a transfer which is placed in a conspicuous place on the plate, listing the design modifications undertaken. Frankly I don't give a toss wether the piano I'm rebuilding is a Steinway, Kawai or anything else. Our approach to rebuilding them is always the same. We modify  each instrument as deemed necessary (with the client's permission of course) to create a piano which pianists will actually want to play. I try discourage owners from engaging us rebuild instruments without modifications. I've done this a couple of times in recent years and regretted the outcome.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Unfortunately though, as Kent pointed out in his post, the rebuilt instrument will continue to be called a Steinway on the CD sleeve. This is most regrettable<font color="#0000FF"> (and a compelling reason why I prefer not to rebuild Steinways for recording studios - why allow all your hard work and thinking to become the opposition's advertisement?)</font>. In many cases the tonal qualities of the instrument may have very little which is creditable to the original manufacture.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Ron O.</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><font face="Times" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Times" color="#000000">       OVERS PIANOS</font></div> <div><font face="Times" color="#000000">Grand piano manufacturers</font></div> <div><font color="#000000">________________________</font><br> <font color="#000000"></font></div> <div><font face="Times" color="#000000">Web:   http://www.overspianos.com.au</font></div> <div><font face="Times" color="#000000">Email: mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au</font><font color="#000000"><br> ________________________</font></div> </body> </html>