The Steinway situation

[Billbrpt@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 8/27/99 6:02:56 AM Pacific Daylight Time, you write:

<< Is anyone at Steinway on the list?  Are they aware of this discussion
 that is currently going on?  I think they should be.  Maybe someone
 should alert them (I have no connections).
 
 Clyde Hollinger
  >>

They may all still be on vacation.  They monitor the pianotech list and when 
they see something of importance, they say something.  It may be an issue 
that they have to discuss and resolve internally before anything is said 
publicly.

>From what I have seen, I think the major problem is someone putting a 
Steinway decal on a piano that is not and never was a Steinway.  To most of 
us, this would be unthinkable but I have heard of such a case that happened 
not long before I came to the place where I have lived now for 23 years. 

Perhaps some similar incidents were traced to that one particular supplier.  
It wouldn't make any difference to Steinway if the misused decals were 
originally from the factory or whether they were the kind of facsimiles that 
Decals Unlimited makes.  It is clearly wrong and detrimental to the company 
to have its name on a product that did not originate from its factory.  I 
hardly think that Steinway will want to try to prevent rebuilders or even 
refinishers from putting on a suitable decal on a Steinway piano regardless 
of the perceived quality of the workmanship.  A Steinway is a Steinway.

Bill Bremmer RPT
Madison, Wisconsin