<!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 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT size=2>Using the car analogy, one that you just bought new = is a "stock" or "showroom" Steinway: all original.  Modifications may = improve it, or not, depending on the modifier, may improve performance at the = expense of reliability (in cars, anyway), and may invalidate a warranty.  But = in car racing, "showroom stock" is the slowest of the performance = classes.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=avery1@houston.rr.com = href="mailto:avery1@houston.rr.com">Avery Todd</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 05, = 2005 11:49 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Rebuilders gallery = at national in Rochester (was News andRochester)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi Dave, <BR><BR>At 04:29 PM 10/5/05, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times">Dale:<BR> <BR>So far everyone = has loved it.  What’s not to love?  As to the people who ask if it = is still a Steinway I confess to them that I really don’t understand the question.  It is still a piano.  It was originally built = by Steinway and it has now been redesigned as a better piano.  I = just don’t know what they mean by the question. = </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Of course, it's not still a Steinway. It's not the "original" instrument! If you = don't believe it, just ask Steinway! Just kidding! :-) <BR><BR>Avery = <BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times"> If my Ford has been modified = with a racing engine is it still a Ford?  I don’t know what that means.<BR> <BR>dave<BR> <BR></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2>David M. Porritt<BR><A = href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu">dporritt@smu.edu</A><BR></FONT></BLOCKQU= OTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>