Hey there, G.Fiore...and others..indeed,
I don't disagree in fact, only in principle.....Wood is in fact renewable; of interest,.. it seems wealth as an ITEM, is not, as the entire activity of the world determines the total value..not just something like trees, or global warming.. or Mercedes ..etc. et. al.
While the wealth as measured by traditional means seems greater, the real wealth of the world and it's recources is less in some important ways, involving the ammount "owed" and already put away for our problems (...polution...power...pensions ..etc...) It is at it's worst in the third world, and is not good in the second world countries....
I am simply one of those that believes we are consuming our environment and our people far to rapidly....

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But in truth I was not speaking in terms of what goes into a tier I piano, only about the wealth required to purchase one...

As to the wonderful craftsmanship, I ABSOLUTLY accept it and even applaud it....I am a true lover of the creations of yesterday..(But I do wonder at what point you might equal the BEST Steinway....
BUT people like Pearl River are going to get around hand craftmanship sooner or later....How many tube (valve) computers have we seen lately? (for example...)
Seems we would be wise to think in terms of using wealth more wisely...
However, on NPR there was a bit about a pencil co. that couldn't make it against China and the East...Just yesterday, I believe...So they began making EXCLUSIVE high quality pencils for art and Mech drawing etc....Now they are doing fine...(ANYONE hear that prog? I have forgotten the company....)
It is worth noting one of the newest companys, Fazioli, did just that...as well..Exclusive, not mass production....Again, it is the MONEY that hurts me....not the money Fazioli makes, which cannot be much, but the ammount customer "X" spends on a Fazioli,....with so many of the world starving in a literal sense...
Enough of this drivel...wrong place perhaps, for it as well...Just passing thoughts as I continue to deal with ethics...
Regards, John..P.S. Please consider my next post....
