This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Back to pianos, hopefully. Had this discussion the other day with another tech when we were talking = about a Steinway M and a couple of proposed changes which included: a = new bass bridge, getting rid of the cantilever and lengthening the = backscale, rescaling the piano and changing many of the gauges, = especially in the upper end of the piano, detuning the duplexes and = adding a new counterbearing bar in the capo section to change the string = angle and duplex length... =20 Several questions arise considering recent discussions about patent = infringements, though this takes a slightly different angle. At what = point do changes breach any tacit understandings/agreements about what = can be done to a piano and still call it that maker's piano? Does the = technician have any legal or other obligation to adhere to the designers = intention, or commit any breach by making such changes? What is the = responsibility to inform customers of such changes (say in a spec = situation with a piano for sale)? Or any other considerations that I = have not mentioned, or though of. These types of changes, I realize, = are made all the time. What obligation do we have as technicians in = such situations? Any other thoughts on the subject would be = appreciated. David Love ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/11/03/da/33/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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