[CAUT] S&S Hearing Aids!?

[Elwood Doss]

I have two S&S black aprons.  Paid a bundle for them, as the price of
aprons go, but it sure does look good when I walk through the Fine Arts
Building wearing one with my long-sleeve shirt and tie (I also wear
slacks, socks and shoes)
Joy!
Elwood

Rev. Elwood Doss, Jr., M.M.E., RPT
Piano Technician/Technical Director
Department of Music
145 Fine Arts Building
University of Tennessee at Martin
Martin, TN  38238
Office: 731/8811852
Fax: 731/881-7415

-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
johnsond
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 11:22 AM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] S&S Hearing Aids!?

Hi-

Lots of good comments.  We all know that our industry would be in a very

sorry state if only good players with money bought good pianos.  Painful

as it is for us to witness, I suppose Steinway can't really be faulted 
for following marketing trends.  Who hasn't noticed what has been done 
with probably the King of brand name accessories?.......   
Harley-Davidson.  As long as these products are marketed through the 
web, chances are the majority of customers will also be owners.  I 
suppose that fits.  Obviously pianos and motorcycles are very different 
markets, but there is enough material there for someone to finish a 
graduate degree in the study.  I think also some of us have warned of 
what could be lost in our own organization as we sort the balance 
between growing into a larger, potentially more influential voice in the

industry and yet holding on to the traditional meaningful standards 
which made us want to join in the first place.  Let's just hope we never

see the accessories bought into department stores, cause the next step 
would be a dedicated aisle at Fleet Farm (god forbid) !   As for me, I 
think I'll pass on replacing my old, worn S&S tee-shirts. 

cheers~

dennis.