<!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 6.00.2800.1505" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thumper said: "<FONT face="Times New = Roman" size=3>I suggest we all keep a folder in our emails, derived<BR>from = these discussions, called "Steinway complaints",<BR>or some such. Then, the = next time a naive citizen <BR>( or potential buyer ) says "But aren't Steinways the<BR>best pianos in the WORLD ?!?!" ( which happens to = me<BR>frequently ) we say absolutely nothing. Just request<BR>that person's email, and = downlaod the whole folder to<BR>them !<BR>     When S&S gets = wind of this, they'll clean up<BR>their quality control PDQ, I'll bet, and start = making<BR>great, more-or-less uniform pianos once again! "</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>   <BR>Thumper,</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV>I suggest you shelf that ideer!!! If you did that, the big boys = with the breifcases would be pounding on your door with "defimation of character" = thingees!!</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>