[CAUT] Brodmann pianos

[Richard Brekne]

    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.



Hi Jim

The real point I was trying to make was that not everyone actually likes 
the same kind of sound.  You may want to see cantilevered bass bridges 
go the way of dinosaurs.... but I guarantee you that there are many who 
(after seriously considering various alternatives) do not.  Same thing 
with soundboard approaches.  Schimmel is a classic example of a company 
that spent quite a bit of resources looking carefully into basic RC&S 
design and did not like what resulted. And its hardly because they didnt 
know what they were doing.

The thing is... these design variations result in a difference in sound 
performance.  If they didnt then guys like Ron, Del, and those who think 
along similar lines would not find any reason to enact these 
variations.  They LIKE the change in sound performance.  Thats where 
everything falls (potentially) totally into the realm of the 
subjective.  If someone on the other hand does NOT like the resultant 
sound of these same changes... then who's right is it to find fault with 
them ?

Accusing those who disagree in relation to their subjective likes and 
dislikes without further ado as being narrow minded and prejudiced is 
unwarranted. In reality.... there is a lot of that, but it is in more or 
less equal proportion on all sides of just about any fence you can pick 
out. And likewise in reality... there is a lot more considered opinion 
that still results in disagreement with regard to subjectives then is 
given credit for here.

Take for example the Steinway duplex.  There is no escaping the fact 
that the well maintained S&S duplex is one of the most successful 
designs in the buying publics eye in the history of piano building.  The 
marketing argumentation so quickly relied on to explain this away just 
can not account for this degree of success.  You and I may or may not 
like the thing... but thats rather less then relevant.... UNTIL it comes 
to building your own piano.  Then you do what you want... be proud of 
it.. let others do their thing as well.

I'm quite sure you agree with this in principle from reading many of 
your posts.... and thats why I kinda balked at the suggestion of calling 
you narrow-minded.

Cheers
RicB



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