Fw: rescaling

[Erwinpiano]

Robert

 I second that!

 Dale Erwin



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert A. Anderson" <fandango@dakotacom.net>
To: "Pianotech Digest" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: rescaling


> About Phil's comments: I personally would like to make the pianos I
> service sound and play as well as possible. I don't see why I would want
> to make sure that a piano remained a "Steinway" or any other brand name
> just for the sake of a supposed authenticity. If I were manufacturing
> pianos, I can see how I might be inclined in that direction for the sake
> of marketing. But I'm not, so the notion that changing anything about a
> piano is bad because it would no longer be what it started out as is not
> a useful notion to me.
> 
> Beyond the original design of the piano, which may or may not call for
> improvement, the actual manufacture of the piano is another thing. It
> would be a mistake to confuse the plan for a piano with the execution of
> that plan. I have observed executions (no pun intended) of designs that
> are pretty grotesque(the executions, I mean). This includes Steinways.
> This doesn't single out Steinways, but their factory workers are human
> just like factory workers everywhere. Henry Steinway characterized his
> factory workers this way (during a strike threat): "Fire them and hire
> 400 other swine."
> 
> Anyway, as I see it, the bottom line in fine piano restoration shouldn't
> have anything to do with emotional attachments to "brand names." We all
> have our institutional prejudices, but they shouldn't interfere with the
> work we do.
> 
> Bob Anderson
> Tucson, AZ
> 
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