This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Conrad: That would be a repeat naming. There was a company called the Waltham Piano Company. I tuned an upright of that brand a few years ago and remember seeing on the plate words that were something like " Made like a precision watch". fwiw. Was there a connection? - heck, I don't know. I do remember laughing a little to myself when I saw that wording. John R. Fortiner Billings, MT. On Sun, 28 Jan 2001 17:35:27 -0600 Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu> writes: > At 16:59 01/28/2001 -0500, you wrote: > >>unclear about is why they are even choosing names in > Massachusetts. What's > >>wrong with a piano named The Bronx?;>) > >> > >>jeannie > > > >"Steinway Music Properties", the holding company for Steinway Piano > before > >the Selmer buyout, and S&S becoming a publicly traded stock, had > their > >offices in Waltham, MA. I had heard that "Waltham" was the "beta > name" for > >the Boston line, but market research, focus groups, etc. nixed that > > >name............. > > > > Might have been something to do with the well known watchmaker > "Waltham"... > > > > Conrad Hoffsommer - Luther College, Decorah, IA > Ignorance doesn't kill you, but it will make you sweat a > lot.-Haitian proverb > > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/ac/3d/6d/e7/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment-- ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
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