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[Claudia Cimenti]

List,

I would like to comment on this:

At 06:12 AM 5/7/2002 Tuesday, you wrote:
>It seems to me that our opinions are not that far apart, you admit to good 
>and not so good Steinways.  So instead of fancy art cases and lesser line 
>pianos why not fix what they have got?

I have been into pianos long before I became interested in piano 
technology, so I believe I can provide a S&S customer's view of this.

I upgraded from an upright to a 6'4" Boston less than two years ago. I have 
maybe been lucky in that I loved most Steinways that I have ever played. 
What I really would like to have sitting in my living room is a B. Now, I 
for sure would not be able to upgrade straight from an upright to a B, so 
having the Boston as a "stepping stone", which price-wise gets you half way 
there is great. It took me quite a few trials on different new Bostons to 
find this one that I liked, so maybe that is where the consistency factor 
becomes apparent. I received a lifetime trade-in guarantee from the S&S 
dealer which will honor every $$ I spent on the Boston toward a Steinway.

So from that angle, Steinway is really helping the public on their way to 
their high-end pianos.

Now of course, I might just restore a Steinway D for myself sometime in the 
future!!!

To clarify my point, if Bosendorfer or Fazioli had a similar step-up plan, 
I might own one of their "intermediate" models now instead of a Boston. Who 
knows?

Just my $.02.

Regards,
/Claudia