Comments by "John Brereton" (@johnbrereton5229) on "the Financial times reflects on Ratcliffe College's steinway rebrand" video.

  1. Ratcliffe College is trying to promote itself as the best available by exclusively using Steinway pianos which it thinks are also the finest. However, it would be a far better lesson to teach pupils the folly of picking anything merely on its high price and its manufacturers marketing boast. I've worked in the piano industry for 50 years and I can tell you they are not the best, there are many other manufacturers equal or better and I am not alone. Even in Larry Fines prestigeous book 'The Piano' they are rated 3rd for manufacturing quality. So is Ratcliffe college now 3rd class, with poor judgement and swayed by high cost ? Or is it due to Steinways rigorous policy of only leasing out its piano to those who agree to exclusively use Steinways and no others ?
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  2. ​ @darrenwilson8042  Or perhaps they should go all out and just call themselves what they really are, the nouveau riche school of pointless vulgarity.
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