<HTML>In a message dated 7/6/01 8:10:11 AM Central Daylight Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I am truly confused. The marketing department at Steinway and Sons have an interesting web page that "explains" the investment value of their pianos. It can be found at:  http://www.steinway.com/html/showroom/invest.html It seems they leave out a few details in their examples. I am simply trying to understand what exactly they are saying. (Oh, OK, a little venting also!) </BLOCKQUOTE> Terry I posted this same scenario several weeks ago, and no one responded. I also posted the exact same thing about 2 years ago, and again, there wasn't much interest in the topic. I even wrote an editorial to Music trades, but it was never published. My reason is that I suspect everyone knows Steinway is blowing a lot of smoke on this topic, and there ain't a thing we can do about it. The problem is, they aren't lying. What they are saying is true. It's just the way they present it makes it appear buying a Steinway is a good investment. I wish the other manufacturers would say something. But I guess none of them want to say anything bad about Steinway, for fear that Steinway will say something bad about them. The competition is bad enough, The last thing they need is for Steinway to start complaining about their instrument. All we, as technicians can do, is tell customers the truth when a customer asks. Willem</HTML>