> Hello to All, > > With the Kluge keys, The Mapes Strings, the > Renner Action, you also have, The Pratt-Read > Upright Actions and The Aeolian plates. > > We as a society have just about accepted > that sales people or promotional departments > are going to lie. > > What really galls me is that a Company actually > think that Experienced Technicians, mechanics or > any other experts in their field whether its cars, > tractors, lawn mowers or vacuum cleaners will see > claims such as these as anything other than a lie. > > I personally find it highly insulting, and an insult > to my profession. > > Regard,s > Jack Wyatt I agree. Now, how many professional techs have you talked to who believe the Steinway pitch without question? There have been a number of discussions on this list with techs arguing against the least deviation from the manufacturer's original "intent", whatever that might be. Interspersed, are rants, cries for help, and general grunching about Teflon bushings, short damper levers, dragging pitmans, flexible key sticks, noisy duplexes, dead trebles, killer octaves, wrapped trichords, etc. My attitude is that if these things are there by intent, shut up about it and enjoy them as part of the word's finest piano. If they aren't there by intent, then the manufacturer screwed up, and we should be required, not allowed, to correct them with rebuild.. Oddly, I don't recall anyone having a single objection to modifying Everetts, Bradburys, Lesters, and such. For the most part, It seems that only Steinway had "intent" toward the character of their product. Ron N
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