<HTML>In a message dated 2/21/03 9:47:54 PM !!!First Boot!!!= , rrg@unlv.edu writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Meanwhile the sales people on t= he showroom floor will actually have something new to say while the buyer co= nsiders their competitors products.  Steinway produces a fine piano but= it can be far better.  They owe it to themselves to bring the product = up to the next level... just like their founders did.   Rob Goodale, RPT<FONT= COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="S= ANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> Las Vegas, NV<FON= T COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="= SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">   </BLOCKQUOTE> While I can see your point, it will be a hard sell to the Steinway people, c= onsidering that sales of Steinway pianos are better now than they have ever = been. Not that there is anything wrong with ABS parts, and aluminum rails, t= here is something to be said for wood parts and brass rails.  By the sa= me token, the question the Steinway brass will ask is, will those things, ev= en the aesthetic items you talked about, increase sales, or at least increas= e them to the point it will offset the expense of developing the new parts? = Wim </HTML>