<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><style></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1>Elwood:<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Just curious – was there some purpose (ethical, commercial, personal, religious) reason to “I just wanted to slam YC!”?  <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>dp<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p><div>______________________<o:p></o:p>David M. Porritt<o:p></o:p>dmporritt@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></div><o:p> </o:p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Elwood Doss Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 9:13 PM To: 'pianotech@ptg.org' Subject: Re: [pianotech] Changes at Steinway - Dana Messina resigns<o:p></o:p></div></div><o:p> </o:p>Hi Wim,<o:p></o:p>You are right!  I just wanted to slam YC!  How’d I do?!  I do hope they don’t buy Steinway, though.  Enjoy wonderful Hawaii!  We are going through fall around here…cold weather soon to  hit!<o:p></o:p>Joy!<o:p></o:p>Elwood<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Rev. Elwood Doss, Jr., M. Mus. Ed., RPT<o:p></o:p>Piano Technician/Technical Director<o:p></o:p>Department of Music<o:p></o:p>355 Clement Hall<o:p></o:p>University of Tennessee at Martin<o:p></o:p>Martin, TN 38237<o:p></o:p>Office: 731/881-1852<o:p></o:p>Fax: 731/881-7415<o:p></o:p>Cell: 731/479-4043<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'>From: tnrwim@aol.com [mailto:tnrwim@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 1:04 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Changes at Steinway - Dana Messina resigns<o:p></o:p></div><o:p> </o:p><o:p> </o:p><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 2.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre><tt>Oh my.  I hope Young Chang doesn't purchase them.  Those pianos are the <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>pits...no, the bottom of the pits!  You have to CA the tuning pins on NEW Young <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>Changs! <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>Joy!<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>Elwood<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre></blockquote></div><o:p> </o:p><div>-<o:p></o:p></div><div> <o:p></o:p></div><div>Even if YC does buy Steinway Musical Instruments, I don't think the quality of Steinway will go down to the YC level. The opposite will happen. Look at what happened when Kimball bought Bosendorfer. The Bosy's quality didn't go down. Instead Kimball made the Kimbaldorfer grands, which were a slight improvement over their previous models. <o:p></o:p></div><div> <o:p></o:p></div><div>Wim<o:p></o:p></div><div> <o:p></o:p></div><div>----Original Message----- From: Elwood Doss <edoss@utm.edu> To: 'pianotech@ptg.org' <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tue, Oct 25, 2011 2:57 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] Changes at Steinway - Dana Messina resigns<o:p></o:p></div><div id="AOLMsgPart_0_9983acc8-d715-40aa-92ff-d3b29252aef5"><pre style='background:white'><tt>Oh my.  I hope Young Chang doesn't purchase them.  Those pianos are the <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>pits...no, the bottom of the pits!  You have to CA the tuning pins on NEW Young <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>Changs! <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>Joy!<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>Elwood<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>Rev. Elwood Doss, Jr., M. Mus. Ed., RPT<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>Piano Technician/Technical Director<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>Department of Music<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>355 Clement Hall<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>University of Tennessee at Martin<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>Martin, TN 38237<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>Office: 731/881-1852<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>Fax: 731/881-7415<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>Cell: 731/479-4043<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>From: Mark Schecter [<a href="mailto:mark@schecterpiano.com?">mailto:mark@schecterpiano.com</a>] <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 11:27 PM<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a><o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Changes at Steinway - Dana Messina resigns<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>Thanks, David.<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>Interesting that Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. is now based in <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>Waltham, MA, home town of Kurzweil Music Systems (now owned by Young <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>Chang). Their recent history of acquisitions is interesting. <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><a href="http://www.steinwaymusical.com/content/about_us.htm" target="_blank">http://www.steinwaymusical.com/content/about_us.htm</a><o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>Who knew what a power they are in band instruments? <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><a href="http://www.steinwaymusical.com/brands.php" target="_blank">http://www.steinwaymusical.com/brands.php</a><o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>-Mark Schecter<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>Oakland, CA<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>On 10/24/11 7:42 PM, David Skolnik wrote:<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>> Dear Old List,<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>> I hope the notice doesn't totally preempt the more useful discussions<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>> going on, but I thought it would be worth mentioning. Note, too, that<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>> I'll have to think for quite some time which of the new lists would be<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>> the most appropriate recipient.<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>> <a href="http://news.google.com/news/story?q=steinway+ceo+dana+messina&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7GGIE_en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ncl=dHzfDpSUHoG5Z-MdGc-_H_MOZcMwM&hl=en&ei=1B-mTs-pJaXZ0QHwm6mWDg&sa=X&oi=news_result&ct=more-results&resnum=1&ved=0CDMQqgIwAA" target="_blank">http://news.google.com/news/story?q=steinway+ceo+dana+messina&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7GGIE_en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ncl=dHzfDpSUHoG5Z-MdGc-_H_MOZcMwM&hl=en&ei=1B-mTs-pJaXZ0QHwm6mWDg&sa=X&oi=news_result&ct=more-results&resnum=1&ved=0CDMQqgIwAA</a><o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>> David Skolnik<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>> Hastings on Hudson, NY<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre></div></div></body></html>