Posted on 23/10/04
Building a piano anyone can afford
Stephen Birkett has a vision of better days for piano manufacturers and cheaper prices for piano buyers -- and, Mozart knows, they need it.Even when the very best Steinway grand can retail for half a million dollars, and a lesser brand may suck $130,000 out of a musician's wallet, the industry has been collapsing. In 1988, Sherlock-Manning, the last Canadian piano maker, closed its doors, marking the end of a homegrown industry that at one time numbered 100 companies. By 2000, London, Ont., which once boasted the largest number of piano makers in the world, suddenly had none.
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