<!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 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" text=#000000 = bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans"></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=dporritt@post.cis.smu.edu href="mailto:dporritt@post.cis.smu.edu">David M. Porritt</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> June 01, 2001 9:22 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> It won't be a Steinway = anymore!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I have been in this work for just under 30 years.  I've = heard about any question or comment possible by customers.  There's one = though, that completely stumps me!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If a piano needs a new sounding board I often here "...but it = won't be a Steinway anymore."  I often come up with a lame analogy to a race = driver.  He doesn't care what kind of fuel pump his car has as = long as it's the fastest it can be.  Do you want your piano to be the = best it can be, or do you want to keep this old sounding board.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Does anyone have a good, but not glib, answer for these = people?  I just don't understand their thinking.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>dave <HR> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Lucida Sans">And if you pull those = Firestones off your Ford Explorer it won't be a Ford any more?</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Lucida Sans"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Lucida Sans">Del</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>