---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Not exactly "OFFLIST", now, was it? Good thing it was tame..... Next time, Guy At 05:42 PM 3/21/2005 -0700, you wrote: >Relief! I know the feeling. >Remember, though.... (and I can't remember where I heard it, but), they >NEVER built a statue for a critic. > >Guy > > >At 05:34 PM 3/20/2005 -0500, you wrote: >>Today was the faculty recital on the D I've been discussing, and the >>results were very favorable. >> >>This morning I spent an hour and half tuning and spot voicing the piano, >>and at 1 PM met with the professor, where he pointed out a few minor >>shift voicing problems. He did say he wished there was a little more >>power in the 5th octave, but I pointed out that it might make the piano >>too brittle. And besides, he didn't want any changes at this point. >> >>After the recital he looked very pleased, and thanked me for the work on >>the piano. This, for me, was a big relief. I had been uptight about this >>for several weeks. (Ask my wife. She's been a saint for putting up with me). >> >>Not only was the professor happy, guess who also showed up? The critic >>who slammed my piano three weeks ago. Actually, he is a good friend of >>mine, and I've worked on his piano. At intermission we talked, and he >>said he thought the piano sounded great. >> >>So, the bottom line, at least for now, is that the professor is happy, >>the critic is happy, and that makes me happy. (I haven't heard from the >>other piano professor, but I'll worry about that some other time). >> >>Wim >>Willem Blees, RPT >>Piano Technician >>School of Music >>University of Alabama ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/29/76/0c/bb/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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