<!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 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Robin:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You certainly told THEM!  Those upstarts who think they have figured out piano improvements that the leading brand hasn't adopted yet. You said:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>"The measure of success in such a case will be the persistence and profitability of the product in the market not merely sarcastic, derogatory commentary on the deficiencies of other, similar, products, although, as we all know, this may facilitate sales to those who will only later become aware of technical considerations."</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ron O. is only building his piano # 6 so he must be near the bottom of the heap in piano quality.  After all if one builds a better mousetrap.........</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I suppose that on the basis of letting the market decide true quality I'll have to recommend to the piano faculty that our next concert grand not be a brand S or Y or K but a Pearl River!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Or, maybe your post sent at 5:27AM was just the result of being 1 cup of coffee shy of a happy start on the day!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>dave</DIV></BODY></HTML> <PRE> _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________</PRE>