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[Wimblees@aol.com]

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In a message dated 10/27/03 1:22:22 PM Central Standard Time, A440A@aol.com 
writes:

> These are some that I used:
> 
> 1.  ANY musician performs better when they understand their instrument, be 
> it 
> piano, piccolo, or vocal cords.
> 2.  A course in Instrument awareness will pay for itself in better treatment 
> 
> of the school's instruments.  
>    Student's ignorance of the pianos care is EXPENSIVE.   
> 3.  Many of these students will own or be around pianos for their entire 
> life.  Knowing how to communicate   with tuners that they will have to rely 
> on is 
> a skill that will stand them in good stead. 
> 4.  Those students that go on to performance careers really need to know how 
> 
> to talk to technicians if they are to get the most out of the instruments
> 5.  Even those students that go into music related fields, such as music 
> administration, choir leader, music teachers, etc.  will almost all have to 
> deal 
> with pianos and their care.  Knowing something about the instruments will 
> make 
> them far better equipped in many professional capacities.  
> 6.  Knowing what the piano's capabilities are will allow students to make 
> the 
> most of their practise time, since they will not waste time trying to 
> perfect 
> repetition or evenness of voicing on pianos that do not allow it.  
> 7.  Ears do not automatically "open" up.  Understanding the problems of 
> tuning as it relates to general intonation makes virtually all other musical 
> 
> endeavors easier.  How many of the faculty knows why we temper? 
> 8.  There is more than one way to tune a piano.  If you demonstrate a side 
> by 
> side comparison between ET and WT, you may find that faculty members are 
> intriqued......... 
> Good luck,  I guess I had it easy!   
> 
> Ed Foote RPT 
> 

Ed

The information you just presented will probably be more useful, than the 
figure I wanted. Thank you. 

Note to the CAUT Curriculum Committee. This, I think, should be on the cover 
letter of all class proposals. 

Wim 

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