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<DIV>Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, =
thank
you, thank you.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I think part of it also is where Steinway has chosen to position
themselves. Let's face it, the bedroom or office antics of Joe Smoe are =
hardly
front page news and nobody really cares one way or another. But for =
whatever
reason, if Joe gets elected president, then suddenly his bedroom, or =
Oval
Office, or wherever antics become something to be concerned about. I'm =
probably
partly guilty of that. I think the Steinway marketing dept. has done its =
part of
positioning the company with their name recognition, and I suppose it =
will
always make them a target to some degree. I guess it can be lonely at =
the
top. :-)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>But unlike what John Lennon said, I said what I said, but I am
<EM><U>not</U></EM> sorry I said it!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>YUK! My spell checker wanted to change John's last name to "Lenin"! =
I don't
think so!</DIV>
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<DIV>----- Original Message -----
<DIV>From: <<A =
href="mailto:Kdivad@AOL.COM">Kdivad@AOL.COM</A>></DIV>
<DIV>To: <<A =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 10:58 AM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: Re: Re: 1969 Steinway L CBS?</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>> <BR>> As a technician who works on a lot of =
Steinways I
find it amazing that we can not even discuss the problems at Steinway =
without it
being called condemnation or bashing. I like Steinways but they are not =
my
master, if there are problems that a lot of us have run into why not =
discuss
them. They become hard to discuss when as soon as you bring one up the =
Steinway
posse jumps all over you. As Terry stated he has much respect for =
Steinway,
which shows the pressure to preface our criticisms. We discuss the =
problems of a
lot of piano manufacturers but none of them bring up the defenses like =
Steinway,
though Yamaha is building momentum (not including grey pianos). Most of =
the
posse members will choose to ignore or dismiss the facts behind some of =
Steinway
criticisms.<BR>> <BR>> David Koelzer<BR>> DFW</BODY></HTML>