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

[Jeff Tanner]

Oddly, Ric, SMC is doing very well despite the downturn.
Jeff Tanner

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <ricb at pianostemmer.no>
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 5:46 AM
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.