This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment "Seems to me the measure of how "good" a product is basically boils down = to what degree the product is true to the design and intentions of the = builder." Indeed. And that begs the question - what is the intention of the = builder? Is it to build the highest performance piano, or is it to build = the piano that will sell the best? At least among better manufacturers, = I suspect it is a combination of the two - but where along that = continuum are their intentions? And you can't tell me that any publicly owned manufacturer isn't going = to have a pretty heavy dose of the sell intention! It's like - by = definition! Terry Farrell > Cy wrote: >=20 > Using the car analogy, one that you just bought new is a "stock" or=20 > "showroom" Steinway: all original. Modifications may improve it, or=20 > not, depending on the modifier, may improve performance at the expense = > of reliability (in cars, anyway), and may invalidate a warranty. But = in=20 > car racing, "showroom stock" is the slowest of the performance = classes.=20 >=20 > -------------------------------------- >=20 > Ric Brekne responded: >=20 > I aggree with your thinking here. I like to think in terms of = <<change>>=20 > instead of "detriment", "enhancement"... what have you. The buying=20 > public can make up its own mind what it likes or doesnt... grin.. and=20 > they will anyways. Lots of folks would see a soosed-up car as = anything=20 > but an improvement. Gass milage, noise, their own sense of visual=20 > esthetics, safety concerns... what have you. Lots of others are = jazzed=20 > about any thing that goes faster, looks flashier, makes more growl. = To=20 > each their own yes ? Seems to me the measure of how "good" a product = is=20 > basically boils down to what degree the product is true to the design=20 > and intentions of the builder. >=20 > Cheers > RicB ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/34/f3/17/a2/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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