Why do consumers buy a small grand instead of a large grand? Two obvious reasons: 1. cheaper 2. more suited to domestic conditions because (a) smaller footprint and/or (b) not as loud but it's not clear which of these is the driver, and whether different reasons apply to different classes of consumer. I'll pose a hypothetical question and short circuit reason #1: suppose all grands of a particular famous make sold for the same amount. Would you expect reason #2 to still drive consumers to the smaller grands, and if so is it (a) and (b) that kicks in? or would you expect most consumers to go for the big grands and somehow make them work in their domestic circumstances? Stephen -- Dr Stephen Birkett Piano Design Lab Department of Systems Design Engineering University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON Canada N2L 3G1 tel: 519-888-4567 Ext. 3792 Lab room E3-3160 Ext. 7115 mailto: sbirkett[at]real.uwaterloo.ca http://real.uwaterloo.ca/~sbirkett
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