REH wrote:

> For example the Steinway piano company was founded on individual
> craftsmanship and mastery.  At one point they demanded that the
> piano craftsmen write everything down for a manual so that the
> company could own and control it.  A Piano technician friend of mine
> had a father who was one of those craftsmen.  He told me that the
> new workers were not as good and that the craftsmen refused to write
> everything down.

I must re-read Vonnegut's _Player Piano_.

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