>Steinways greatest error of ways... to my mind is this tendancy to be to >quick to criticise anything not done in the "Steinway fashoion" by >"Steinway people" with "Steinway parts". I am left wondering how many >potentially valuable allies amounst the piano tech world they would have >had they instead reached out a bit more.... and what that would mean for >the long term viability of their company. This is a somewhat common pattern among manufacturers. In a related area, we also sell and service church organs. Over the years we've often come up with custom designed speaker cabinets-large bass cabinets that will shake the floor, smaller bi-amped cabinets with a sup woofer, etc. There's a term for this and the Steinway issue at hand- N.I.H. (not invented here). Doesn't mean it it's not better or to the customers advantage. I was also amazed a few years back when we were rebuilding a Steinway grand for a school. The original lid was trashed so I needed to get a new one. The price from Steinway was astronomical- $1200-1400 I believe. Instead I took the lid to a local cabinet shop and asked if they could duplicate it. I got a brand new lid back that was a dead match for under $300 in less than a week. -- Glenn Grafton Grafton Piano & Organ Co. 1081 County Line Rd. Souderton PA 18964 http://www.graftonpiano.com/ glenn@graftonpiano.com 800-272-5980 The box said "Requires Windows 95, or better." So I bought a Macintosh.
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