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color=black><span style='color:black'>Just to give an alternative =
viewpoint, no
hard feelings :)<br>
<br>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I've read
through many postings on this list from Del and a somewhat lesser amount =
of
postings from Ron O. (and some excellent rebuttals!), and I have no =
doubt they
are both skilled and deserve respect. But I think those at Steinway, =
Mason and
Hamlin, Bosendorfer, etc., deserve at least as much respect.<br>
<br>
- John<br>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>What’s being left out of the =
discussion on
why it is hard to implement changes in piano design is how pianos are =
marketed
and sold. Pianos are sold by piano salesmen, most of whom know very =
little
about pianos, but they can parrot selling features. They are sold to a =
customer
who usually has even less knowledge of pianos, most of whom have no idea =
on
what a good piano sounds like, a customer who has probably played less =
than a
dozen pianos in his entire life. <span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>In such a climate, name recognition, perceived =
reputation and
mystique reign supreme. Innovations are ridiculed as =
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Sans MS";
color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Dean</span></font></b><b><font size=6 =
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