Wet and Wild Steinway

[Yardarm103669107@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 7/25/2001 8:42:38 PM Central Daylight Time, 
RNossaman@KSCABLE.com writes:

<<  Assuming that this is a reasonably accurate assessment of the status
 quo, rather than the random ravings of yet another unenlightened soul not
 getting what he thinks is his due, using the S&S rebuilding facility as a
 price benchmark serves quite admirably as an unquestionably authoritative
 validation of the new price increases we all have coming (since it's
 universally agreed that we work too cheap for the magic we produce). No
 matter how many wretched killer octaves, honking low tenors, dinking
 trebles, and flat soundboards folks encounter in these pianos, the
 entrenched mystique will carry the day and these defects will become
 features before the ink even dries on the marketing copy. They barely even
 have to try anymore, so why shouldn't we take some advantage of a
 psychological aberration we couldn't correct if we lived forever,  >>

As usual, well-put. If, however, there were enough lost voices in the 
wilderness, voices that together had some audibility and clarity (unlike some 
sw clunkers), perhaps it would make a difference. I personally will quietly 
and gently carry on the attempt to bring SW to their senses. I would be ever 
so happy to find in them a true benchmark for quality, but I do not, as you 
have so aptly echoed. It is the infernal screeching of the sales domain over 
the loss of quality that keeps me going, plus the inherent conflict of 
interest between the stated ethical posture of the guild and the very 
questionable ethical behavior of SW. Anyone working for SW who is also a 
member of the guild mayhap should find out what their employer is up to and 
make a decision of some sort. So. Thus. And such. Thanks for the rejoinder. 
Sorry to have missed you in Reno.
PR-J