[CAUT] Steinway... The "Safe" Piano.

[Dorothy Bell]

Dear Fred and all,

What a good point. The original note from Eric said essentially that he was
getting new pianos from Steinway to replace his old ones, which were 35
years old on average and largely Baldwins. The operative question was not
whether to have new Steinways or to have a variety of new pianos, the
question was whether to have new Steinways or a set of well-worn, elderly
Baldwins and the like.

I myself am very happy that Eric has not only new pianos but new pianos
which please him and his faculty. 

Opinions on what the Conservatory should have done and should have wanted
seem not to deal with the situation at hand and, in my view, lead to the
unfortunate side effect of making us sound more arrogant than helpful. I
could be wrong (have been so before).

Best wishes,
Dorrie Bell
Boston, MA


> [Original Message]
> From: Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu>
> To: caut University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>
> Date: 11/26/2008 9:47:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Steinway... The "Safe" Piano.
>
> In any case, I hate to see  
> us as cauts getting into battle array to try to stem the tide of those  
> horrible Steinways. It just doesn't make sense to me as an attitude  
> for us to take. By all means, let us do our best to promote the idea  
> of diversity, and try to make that a practical reality where feasible.  
> But I think that we cause ourselves and our profession harm by  
> engaging in this kind of negative campaigning.
>
> Regards,
> Fred Sturm
> University of New Mexico
> fssturm at unm.edu
>
>