---------- > From: Ron Nossaman <nossaman@SOUTHWIND.NET> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: a different piano design... > Date: Sunday, February 15, 1998 11:08 AM . Now if a good acoustic > design can be competently manufactured in large numbers in the form of a > mid-priced piano, I think it would get some attention. It's technically > possible to do this. The political aspects of getting past stone-headed > human nature are all that is holding the process back. > > Ron Nossaman But this already happened. Look at the imported grand pianos of the late 70's, from Japan and Korea. Very decent instruments very "cheaper" than American and Eurpoean. Grand pianos for the masses. And compare these imports to the lower priced grands that appeared on the American market by domestic manufacturers in the 20's and 30's. The Brambachs, the H.C. Bay's, one actually named "Webber" If you compare these pianos to the lower priced imports of the 70's and 80's, there is no question of who over came compromises in quality, as you are proposing, if I may quote... >" Now if a good acoustic > design can be competently manufactured in large numbers in the form of a > mid-priced piano, I think it would get some attention." Now the question is, can Americans hope to make a quality mid-range grand? Hmm there are only three makers left in America, and two of them are known for superb quality, and the third, I understand by hearsay, is dedicated to higher quality. Mass production seems to be the problem religated to "off shore" (at least that is a better term than "foreign") competitors. Richard Moody
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