Hi Ric, Narrow minded meant I expected them to only see it "my" way. You made a good point that people won't generally accept that from others. But, if I was the King of the Universe cantilevered bass bridges would go the way of dinosaurs. <G> Thanks Ric. Jim -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Richard Brekne Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 1:11 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: [CAUT] Brodmann pianos Jim. I wouldnt say your comments were narrow minded. I've read too much of your stuff to think of you in that sense. It IS easy to slip a bit into that gulley tho... and I've done it more then once. Ron... well.. what can I say... you're a clever guy to be sure but you just made my point better then I could ever have made it myself. You're right and the cantilever folk of the world are wrong... period... that about sizes it up. Sheep dip indeed. Just as deep as anyone elses. Fact is... the non-cantilever long back scale is well known out there in the world... and these guys all know all about it and many have assessed its characteristics and simply don't like the resulting sound. Same goes for your soundboard approach.. this stuff isn't new.... its all very old really. And so what ??? You build what you like... they build what they like... and by all means Jim should build what he likes... We could all do with a whole lot less of calling Sheep-dip at each other... or accusing folks of arm-chair bullshit... or the rest of it... And misunderstand me not... I've said exactly the same kind of thing to folks over here who just as rudely dismiss Dels building philosophies. To each their own. Cheers RicB > 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
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