---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Dave, At 04:29 PM 10/5/05, you wrote: >Dale: > >So far everyone has loved it. What's not to love? As to the people >who ask if it is still a Steinway I confess to them that I really >don't understand the question. It is still a piano. It was >originally built by Steinway and it has now been redesigned as a >better piano. I just don't know what they mean by the question. Of course, it's not still a Steinway. It's not the "original" instrument! If you don't believe it, just ask Steinway! Just kidding! :-) Avery > If my Ford has been modified with a racing engine is it still a > Ford? I don't know what that means. > >dave > >David M. Porritt ><mailto:dporritt@smu.edu>dporritt@smu.edu > >---------- >From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] >On Behalf Of Erwinspiano@aol.com >Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 2:55 PM >To: pianotech@ptg.org >Subject: Re: Rebuilders gallery at national in Rochester (was News >andRochester) > > Dave > Well now that you have a bona fide Nossaman /Steinway D I > believe you have braggin rights about the overall performance > enhancements such a thing can produce. > But Dave, they'll say ,is it still a Steinway. & your response > will be ............? > Who cares ,.... just listen to it. What says the faculty? You? > Love your tude ,dude > Dale Erwin >Soapbox warning -------- > >I have been energized by the possibility of improvement in our >chosen instrument for a while. Now that we have a real, improved, >better-than-you're-used-to piano here on campus I have some hope >that this spirit of further development can really catch on. One of >the many problems with thinking that the piano is now as good as it >can be is that you can't innovate. If you change something, that is >a tacit admission that the piano wasn't perfect before. Fortunately >most industries don't have that approach to their products. Yes, >the overhead valve engine is an admission that the flat head engine >was not perfect. The MRI is an admission that x-rays and CT scans >were not perfect. How on earth did we get to the point where we >thought the piano had fully evolved? That really is a true mystery to me! > >--------off soapbox. > >Sorry! > >dp > > > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/3a/34/eb/d3/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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