Martha Stewart on pianos reply

[James Grebe]

Hi Ed,
As I heard at my seminar on Saturday it was Alan Vincent who said only
Steinway could make a plus out of inconsistency.
James Grebe
R.P.T. of the P.T.G
pianoman@inlink.com
Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups and Practical Piano Peripherals in
St. Louis, MO
-----Original Message-----
From: ETomlinCF3@AOL.COM <ETomlinCF3@AOL.COM>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Sunday, November 15, 1998 3:41 PM
Subject: Martha Stewart on pianos


>List,
>
>Martha Stewart was on Sunday giving a tour of Steinway.  She said in 10
years
>Steinways value goes up 200%.  She all but gave them a good 10 minute
>commercial.  She showed various action assemblies and then off to tone
>voicing.
>
>I watched a man take a full section of hammers and with what looked lide
4mm
>long needles he needled the hammers all over from 9 o'clock to 2 o'clock
but
>did not aim for a specific place on the molding.  He seemed to not care...
hit
>and miss, check then hit and miss again.  They spoke of achieving that
>"Steinway" sound then said all of them would sound diferent due to the
heart
>of the tech being born in the instrument.  I sat and laughed at what I saw.
>Steinway should be pleased with the commercial but could someone explain
"the
>Steinway sound" to me.  I have never met two Steinways that sounded the
same.
>
>Now Yamaha, one the other hand, they know how to make a consistant product.
>Kawai seems to have this down as well.  Even the Korean pianos have their
own
>sound.  Why can't they do the same?
>
>Just thinking out loud,
>
>Ed Tomlinson
>(wearing my overly used flame suit)
>