<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Since "consumers" will pay three times = as much for an S&S than a sometimes equal quality "other brand" I'd say = they "the consumers"</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> are already = terminally confused and Steinway wants to keep it that way.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What better evidence of their desire to = capitalize on their name than Boston and Essex?   Or could that be a sign = that they may be faltering?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carl Meyer  Assoc. PTG<BR>Santa = Clara, California<BR><A href="mailto:cmpiano@attbi.com">cmpiano@attbi.com</A> = </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@aol.com = href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 03, 2002 = 11:38 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: improvements</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 5/3/02 11:40:50 AM Central Daylight Time, <A href="mailto:RNossaman@KSCABLE.com">RNossaman@KSCABLE.com</A> = writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">I look at it the other way. Why do all the other = manufacturers have to keep <BR>> coming out with new models? That tells me that = even they are not satisfied <BR>> with what the have been building, = and need to improve. Doesn't say much for <BR>> the previous pianos from = the same company, does it? <BR>> <BR>> Wim <BR><BR><BR>And wouldn't = this be as likely a reason as any for Steinway's reluctance to <BR>make design = changes? <BR><BR>Ron N <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>I would say so. They aren't = changing, because they are satisfied with what they have. When they did want to = make some changes, they went for a completely different models, names and = lines, so as to not confuse the consumers. <BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>