It appears that you no longer need to have your own army to be considered a powerful individual on the global playing field. In fact, if the tapes that have been airing on Arab satellite channels are any indication, all you need is a portable video camera, or, failing that, a cassette recorder. We’ve all heard the old credo that “information is power,” but these days, it seems that the efficient dissemination of information, and a keen grasp of how to make use of the global media, is as important as the information itself.
Tag: 09.20.03
The Steinway Mystique
“Steinway is the great name of the piano world, as anyone will tell you – not least, Steinway. This year is its 150th anniversary, which is worth celebrating if only because few companies survive making the same product, in the same way, for so long… And although Steinway isn’t the largest piano company in the world (it makes 5000 instruments a year, as opposed to Yamaha’s 100,000), it has certainly cornered the top end of the market – despite a top-selling price of $250,000 for the sleek, black, two-metre concert grand (the Model D) that only serious pianists, concert halls and bankers get their hands on.”