When is a Steinway still a Steinway

[Farrell]

I agree with this post and that it would apply to a piano. I think one way to look at this is that any one-off rewhatevered Steinway, Knabe, Weber is still a Steinway, Knabe, or Weber - as long as you stop short of removing the rim, framing, keybed and plate and its primary function is still that of being a piano.

Yes, just like the Strad, or the Corvette that is not original, a seller that is aware of changes having been made should pass that info on to a prospective purchaser of the piano.

However, if one were to go into some level of regular production of a particular model of a particular manufacturer and do the same x, y, z, etc. to each one of these pianos, and then go out and market the product - then I think you might want to identify it as something else, perhaps a Nossman-Steinway or a Fandrich-Knabe or a Bondi-Weber.
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerald Posey" <poseyviolins@charter.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: When is a Steinway still a Steinway


> For what it's worth: A Stradivarius violin may have a new neck grafted on(
> and at a different length and angle), new strings, new bridge, new pegs and
> tailpiece, had the top removed and scraped down thinner inside, most to the
> varnish rubbed off, and any number of patches glued in, and yet it is still
> marketed as a Strad (and priced as such)
> Gerald
> 
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