Yeah. (sigh) Newton Don wrote: > > Hi Newton, > > What happend was called the radio and the phonograph. All of a sudden > people could hear the best players in the world. It has continued to happen > as we now have T.V., internet, sat. dishs. > > Part of the problem is the "big mac" effect. McDonalds wants all their > product to be identical. *OR ELSE*. Piano makers have fallen into this > trap. Even we as technicians do the same. Look at the Kimball trashing that > went on. Their large uprights were distinctly not junk. They were not > Bosendorfer or Schimel, but they were playeable and fixeable. > > Another part of the problem was that Mrs Jones, the local "artist" just > could not compete with the likes of Joeseph Hoffman for example. > > Materials became less plentiful. Unions started demanding a living wage for > their members. Governments started enforcing labor laws and more recently > environmental ones. > > I have heard it said (I have NO idea if it is true) that Steinway stays in > New York because they can not afford the clean up costs for their factory > site. > > I do agree there were some great makers that produced wonderful > instruments. But there were others who did not. > > In 1923 in Canada there were 53 makers. Now there are none. > > Regards, > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. > > Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts > > mailto:drose@dlcwest.com > http://donrose.xoasis.com/ > > 3004 Grant Rd. > REGINA, SK > S4S 5G7 > 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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