> Are you suggesting that in the "good old days" piano makers didn't care if > they made money? Or that they had more integrity? If so, why have there > been no significant changes in piano design in the last 100 years? The > bottom line is just that. No profit, no company. Considering that 100 years ago there were 300 piano makers in the US there was a strong profit motive and a lot of less than stellar pianos were produced right up and into the depression years. After that piano makers did little if any research and development with the objective to make a better piano. Instead their objective was "market driven" and "make it cheaper". Now the market whizzes have control and to hell with quality and sound and the customer. No profit no company indeed, but what happened to integrity, customer care and all the competition of the early 20th century? Newton (growl, mumble, grumble)
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