<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: improvements</title></head><body> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"><br> And then there is still another theory. This one might be a bit far off the wall, and I am not saying it is this way, but maybe there is some truth to it. How about they keep coming up with new models so that the old ones will become obsolete sooner, and customers will have to buy new ones, because the parts to repair the old ones are not available any more. This is what is happening in the electronics industry, so why not in the acoustic industry?</font><br> <font face="Arial" size="-1"></font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Just a thought</font><br> <font face="Arial" size="-1"></font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Wim</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Maybe, but that in itself is not such a bad thing, provided that the new model does put the previous instruments into the obsolete category in terms of performance. However, observing some of the 'new' models we've seen in recent years from 'established' manufacturers, it appears to be more of the same, regurgitated under a 'new' name.</div> <div><br></div> <div>For example, check out the new Wm. Knabe ad' in the Journal<font color="#0000FF"> (March edition page 11)</font>. The plate reflection on the underside of the lid gives the game away. Same old Samick plate with a new name on the fall. It just goes to show, you can't take too much notice of the text copy when it comes promotion. Maybe "that  great tradition"<font color="#0000FF"> (which is mentioned in the add)</font> is the tradition through which a new piano is created through engineering the new lettering on fall board<font color="#0000FF"> (at least in some circles)</font>. It's just astonishing how quickly some companies can create a new piano. New fall board lettering one day, new piano the next.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Actually, over the years an observable trend has thrust itself upon me. Invariably, the quality of the piano manufacturer seems to be inversely proportional to the number of brand names it manufactures under.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Ron O.</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><font face="Times" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Times" color="#000000">       OVERS PIANOS</font></div> <div><font face="Times" color="#000000">Grand piano manufacturers</font></div> <div><font color="#000000">________________________</font><br> <font color="#000000"></font></div> <div><font face="Times" color="#000000">Web:   http://www.overspianos.com.au</font></div> <div><font face="Times" color="#000000">Email: mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au</font><font color="#000000"><br> ________________________</font></div> </body> </html>