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<DIV><EM>“If it doesn’t have 12,011 genuine Steinway parts it =
isn’t a
Steinway”</EM></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I've often wondered if the Kelly plate =
(accounting for
half the mass of the instrument!), the Kluge keys, the Renner action and =
the
Mapes strings have been counted among the 12,011 "genuine =
Steinway"
parts.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">David M. Porritt
wrote</SPAN></FONT>:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I’ve been asked this question “Is it =
still a Steinway”
and as I said before, I can only admit I don’t understand the =
question.
I’ve been thinking today that there might be the Mona Lisa effect =
here.
You can like the Mona Lisa or not, your choice. However as the =
most
widely recognized work of art ANY change to it would be considered =
defacing
it. Is this what these people are asking? Do they think =
that
Steinway makes 3,000 Mona Lisas a year and that any change is =
defacing?
Steinway promotes this idea with their ads (“If it doesn’t have =
12,011 genuine
Steinway parts it isn’t a Steinway”). Is this what they are
thinking?</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>