[CAUT] The future.... was Steingræber Phoenix to the National

[David Love]

I'm sure that the small manufacturers you've mentioned would love to have
the problem of how to produce 500 orders per year.  

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com

-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Richard Brekne
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 2:46 AM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: [CAUT] The future.... was Steingræber Phoenix to the National

I might add to all this that with the present money crunch going on, and 
the very worried whispers being passed around from the halls of even the 
seemingly most solid of piano manufacturers.... perhaps the smaller 
manufacturers  like Overs,  Stuart, Steingræber, Dain, Fandrich and the 
like get their chance to break through the Steinway dominance.  Buisness 
is tough for all the big manufacturers now.  Very tough.  Even from 
Yamaha there have come hints of major changes in the works... most 
immediately their prices are expected to rise by about 30 % here in 
Scandinavia in the very near future.

On the other hand... even if the big names finally fell, the long 
standing traditions crumble, and pianists forced to re-evaluate their 
perceptions of what it is to sit down to a quality piano.... figure out 
its artistic voice and start making music, they will have to have a 
steady supply of very high quality instruments to play on.

What then ?  What will be forced upon the Overs, Fandrichs, Stuarts and 
others of the world when they eventually need to start producing on very 
large scales... pumping out 500 + instruments a year ?  One thing is for 
sure.... it would be a very interesting development to watch unfold.

Cheers
RicB