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Author: Ralph G
Date: 2005-03-02 16:19
This is an update from a post a couple of years ago...
The New York Times followed one Steinway concert grand piano through its whole manufacturing process. In June of 2003 I posted the first two articles in the series. Now the whole 9-part series is complete (actually has been for nearly a year -- boy, did I lose track of this). This week I ran across this handy page with all the articles:
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/nyregion/PIANO_INDEX.html (free registration required)
The piano they followed turned out good enough to join Steinway's concert fleet, their best pianos that they rent out to big names for performances. Be grateful Buffet doesn't keep all their best horns in a basement for Drucker and friends to rent out!
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Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.
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Post Edited (2005-03-02 16:21)
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Author: larryb
Date: 2005-03-02 16:27
Why couldn't the Times do the same thing with the manufacturing of a clarinet? Follow the whole process from African root stock to concert performance.
If they wanted to make it a New York based article, they could write about Guy Chadash, who manufactures clarinets almost across the street from the New York Times building - their reporter wouldn't even have to travel to another borough (although, to make it interesting, the reporter could visit African grenadilla plantations and French/Argentinian/Australian reed plantations).
Why can't the Times do that?
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2005-03-02 17:29
larryb wrote:
> Why couldn't the Times do the same thing with the manufacturing
> of a clarinet?
Why not contact them and suggest it? ...
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2005-03-03 01:56
Hey, if somebody (or a few of us) would write what they propose the NY Times do an article about, I'll personally deliver it to their Managing Editor.
Doesn't mean that they will do it, but it might carry more weight than just anybody asking for an article as I know it will get read by somebody who can order the series and feature it - if worthy (connections don't help with determining worthiness, only to plant the seed).
I would personally approach it from a conservationist standpoint - rare wood being used for hopefully another generation of clarinet players, etc, etc.
ideas?
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Author: BobD
Date: 2005-03-03 12:55
Thanks Ralphie, guess I'll have to finally give-in and register. The U.S. piano industry, historically, is a fascinating study.
Bob Draznik
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Author: Ralph G
Date: 2005-03-03 13:04
BobD,
I've been registered with the NY Times site since I first got on the Net, like back in '96 or so, and I've never been spammed by them. It's very worthwhile, IMO. And this is a very good series.
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Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.
- Pope John Paul II
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Author: BobD
Date: 2005-03-03 21:27
I'm not concerned about the spamming, it's just that remembering yet another code name is daunting...
Bob Draznik
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Author: GBK
Date: 2005-03-03 22:01
[ For those that do not want to register on sites like The New York Times, you can bypass compulsory registration and get free passwords here:
http://www.bugmenot.com/ ...GBK ]
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2005-03-04 14:30
I registered with the Times years ago. You can store the name and sign on automatically from then on. Be sure to check/uncheck the boxes so they don't send ads.
They do have an annoying pop-under ad, but only the first time you go to the site each day.
On sites where I don't post (e.g., the Times), I see no need to have a separate password. There's nothing I need to keep confidential. I therefore use the same, comparatively simple (and unsafe) password (and even the same user name) for them all. If someone cracks my password for the NY Times, they can also use it for the LA Times. So what?
I'd rather do that than use bigmenot each time. They trap you, so you can't back out by hitting backspace.
Obviously, I use a different, properly complex name and sign-on for my bank account.
Ken Shaw
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