Steinway plate holes

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

Ron N,

At 17:21 02/19/2001 -0600, you wrote:
> >> Tradition.
> >> Conrad
>
> > Is this the real reason, or just your opinion of why they holes are 
> recessed?
> > Wim
>
>..........Seems like they
>would have been proud enough of doing something to no apparent purpose that
>takes extra time in the manufacturing process to make a marketing point of 
>it.
>Ron N



For lack of better explanations, let me start an urban legend.....

         A long time ago in a land almost forgotten, and Steinways were 
just aborning, the workmen were creating the standard piano plate.  How 
shall we do this, und how shall ve do zat, but they were never told how the 
tuning pin holes in the plate should be drilled.

         So, they decided to make a sampler plate with some sections 
drilled in one way and the others another.  They inquired of Herr(n) 
Steinway, "Which way is more æsthetically pleasing to you?" , but never got 
an answer.  So to this day all the plates are made with some one way and 
some the other......

ANY RESEMBLENCE BETWEEN THE ABOVE AND THE TRUTH IS STRICTLY COINCIDENTAL!




Conrad Hoffsommer - Decorah, Ia.  mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu
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