[CAUT] Brodmann pianos

[Ron Nossaman]

> Good points. I guess I shouldn’t expect anyone to jump up and down with 
> joy over a criticism of their pride and joy… It was narrow minded indeed.

Sheep dip. Don't apologize for being right.

Narrow mindedness precludes consideration of anything 
different that could lead to the realization that there might 
be better ways to do things than we "believe" or were 
"taught". Assessing a different idea on logical merit and 
ascertaining it's actual physical merits by trying it is as 
broad minded, sincere, and practical as it gets. If anyone is 
narrow minded, it's the individual that adheres to the 
cantilever and short back scale while ignoring the potential 
for improvement of a different approach. Jim, you weren't born 
believing that moving the bridge to eliminate the cantilever 
and lengthening the back scale was the thing to to, and 
cooking up any old justification you could think of, however 
flaky, to justify your belief. You were introduced to the idea 
by others, and though it was different from what you have seen 
in pianos all your life, it made enough sense to you that you 
tried it to find out if it worked (and found it worked very 
well) - exactly as I did. You like the result, as I do, and 
don't mind passing potentially valuable information on to 
someone who might benefit from it, as I also don't. Being 
called narrow minded for doing so strikes me as appropriate 
justification for not sharing further information, if the 
attitude is general, or installing appropriate filters if the 
attitude is specific. But that's just me.

Ron N