<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <tt></tt> <tt></tt> <tt>Robert Goodale wrote:</tt> <blockquote TYPE=CITE><tt>A bedtime story</tt><tt>(Entirely my opinion and personal theory and not necessarily fact)</tt><tt></tt> <tt>Once upon a time in a land called New York a great company named Steinway was building pianos that were well ahead of their time.  Their name was respected throughout all the world, and their designs were remarkable....</tt> <tt></tt> <tt></tt> <tt>Just a theory, flame if you must but that's what we're here for.</tt><tt></tt> <tt>Rob Goodale, RPT</tt><tt>Las Vegas, NV</tt></blockquote> <tt></tt><tt></tt> <tt>Etc etc... Nice story Robert. While I suppose to some degree most of us tend to aggree in part at least with your sentiments... I have to wonder how long it will be before our communal efforts will finally and fatally injure the reputation of Steinway with the resultant demise of yet another of Americas remaining piano manufacturing companies.</tt><tt></tt> <tt>But I did enjoy your story :)</tt><tt></tt> <tt>--</tt> <tt>Richard Brekne</tt> <tt>RPT, N.P.T.F.</tt> <tt>UiB, Bergen, Norway</tt> <tt><A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A></tt> <tt><A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A></tt> <tt></tt> </html>