CBS years at S&S was improvements

[Erwinspiano@AOL.COM]

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In a message dated 5/4/2002 5:42:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, john@musselwhit
e.com writes:


> Subj:Re: improvements 
> Date:5/4/2002 5:42:55 PM Pacific Standard Time
> From:<A HREF="mailto:john@musselwhite.com">john@musselwhite.com</A>
> Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
> To:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
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>        John wrote
> Sounds like a good plan to me compared to how the company was bled dry by 
> CBS for two decades in the last century and we still have to put up with 
> that whole era of their pianos. Regardless of the vintage at least Steinway 
> 
> has left us with a standard salvageable "carcass" in different sizes that 
> we can restore, detail or customize at will. We should salute them for 
> that, not berate them because their instruments have been basically the 
> same for a hundred years.
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>                 
>    Hey John
>     The way I heard was that although many design flaws were allowed in the 
> action
>  dept. etc. S&S was actually kept a float by CBS as they pumped a huge 
> amount of capital into it to keep it a float. Also I don't agree about the 
> pianos from the cbs years as some of the best sounding boards/sound that 
> ever came out of the factory at least to my ear that I've witnessed. Lousy 
> actions and damper systems but many good sounding cases. 
>  Yes ,I too get my best raw material from the company and Long live the 
> King/ Queen so to speak and may they provide us salvageable carcasses for 
> years to come. Like your slant. Works for me.
> >>>>>>Dale Erwin>>>>>..










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