<html> <body> Hi Dave, At 04:29 PM 10/5/05, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""> Dale:   So far everyone has loved it.  What’s not to love?  As to the people who ask if it is still a Steinway I confess to them that I really don’t understand the question.  It is still a piano.  It was originally built by Steinway and it has now been redesigned as a better piano.  I just don’t know what they mean by the question. </blockquote> Of course, it's not still a Steinway. It's not the "original" instrument! If you don't believe it, just ask Steinway! Just kidding! :-) Avery <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">  If my Ford has been modified with a racing engine is it still a Ford?  I don’t know what that means.   dave   David M. Porritt <a href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu">dporritt@smu.edu</a> <hr> <div align="center"></div> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" eudora="autourl"> mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] On Behalf Of Erwinspiano@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 2:55 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: Rebuilders gallery at national in Rochester (was News andRochester)     Dave    Well now that you have a bona fide Nossaman /Steinway D I believe you have braggin rights about the overall performance enhancements such a thing can produce.  But Dave, they'll say ,is it still a Steinway. & your response will be ............?    Who cares ,.... just listen to it. What says the faculty? You?   Love your tude ,dude    Dale  Erwin <dl> <dd>Soapbox warning -------- <dd>  <dd>I have been energized by the possibility of improvement in our chosen instrument for a while.  Now that we have a real, improved, better-than-you’re-used-to piano here on campus I have some hope that this spirit of further development can really catch on.  One of the many problems with thinking that the piano is now as good as it can be is that you can’t innovate.  If you change something, that is a tacit admission that the piano wasn’t perfect before.  Fortunately most industries don’t have that approach to their products.  Yes, the overhead valve engine is an admission that the flat head engine was not perfect.  The MRI is an admission that x-rays and CT scans were not perfect.  How on earth did we get to the point where we thought the piano had fully evolved?  That really is a true mystery to me! <dd>  <dd>--------off soapbox. <dd>  <dd>Sorry! <dd>  <dd>dp <dd>  </dl> </blockquote> </body> </html>