Real Customizing of a piano DECAL

[Kendall Ross Bean]

(Accidentally didn't post to the proper thread the first time, and
accidentally hit the send button before it was completed. -Sorry if this
appears twice. -KRB)

I have been following this thread with great interest; the subject of
authentic decals, as well as parts, 
(as Ron Nossaman and Greg Newell seemed to have just stumbled upon here),
is a fascinating  
new development in this thread. Up until now, it seems, no one has
questioned whether the decal  
itself is genuine or not!

As David Love so astutely observed a few posts back, it is really the decal,
after all, that creates the 
authentic Steinway sound.
 
And as Ron has so astutely just asked, "is it a Genuine Steinway Decal, (-or
one from some other 
source?")  "Did you get it from Steinway?"  (-The questions we ALL should be
asking.)
 
Do you realize, this could explain, once and for all, why certain Steinways
don't sound like Steinways?
 
Consider now: What are the consequences and implications of putting a
non-genuine Steinway 
decal on a genuine Steinway part, or piano?  (-Non-genuine Steinway tone
quality is certain to result!) 
 
We can readily see why Steinway does not want anyone putting a Genuine
Steinway Decal on a 
non-genuine Steinway piano or part: Based on David Love's Postulate (above):
Genuine Steinway Tone Quality might result!
As Ron Nossaman might well say: "Horrors!"  
 
Greg  N. candidly admits that this is a D.U. decal, not a Genuine Steinway
one!   ( -Name abbreviated to protect D.U. ) 
 
 (Is Steinway monitoring this forum?  -Maybe they should be.) 
 
Why should D.U. be allowed to make copies (knock-offs! ) of Genuine Steinway
Decals? And to have 
technicians routinely placing them on Genuine Steinway parts, on Genuine
Steinway pianos, with 
impunity? !!  The little warning note placed in the box along with the decal
focuses all the attention on the
moral turpitude of placing the decal on a non-genuine Steinway part or
piano, but deviously and cleverly, says 
nothing whatsoever about the fact that it is not, itself, a GENUINE STEINWAY
DECAL!
 
(And why such exorbitant prices for the D.U. decals? Is there a kickback to
Steinway here? Sort of a 
royalty payment?) 
 
I'm curious, Greg. What exactly does the note with the D.U. decal say? Does
it say, or imply in any way, that the decal is a Genuine Steinway Part? 
 
Hmmmm. There's an concept. Perhaps with the property royalty payment to
Steinway we could all be 
producing authentic Genuine Steinway Parts, or Pianos.
 
-Just like Mapes. Or Kawai. Or Young Chang....
 
;-).
 
~Kendall Ross Bean
 

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> Just bought a Steinway fallboard decal and it comes with the warning that
if

> it is not for a Steinway you must send the decal back and not use it.
Blah,

> blah, blah.

> 

> Greg Newell



Well then there you go. Did you get it from Steinway?

Ron N
 
>Ron & List, 
>Nah, I got it from Decals Unlimited like the previous post

>mentioned. Sorry for the not timely post. Today's a good day to work on the

>cars. :-)


 
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