Sounds like Jeff has it all figured out....... maybe I better go tell everybody we're taking anyway those darn fancy temperaments now before you want more. d. ____________ On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Ed Sutton <ed440 at mindspring.com> wrote: > ...and all this time I thought I was having fun... > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Tanner" < > tannertuner at bellsouth.net> > To: <caut at ptg.org> > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 10:32 AM > > Subject: Re: [CAUT] professor tuning variables > > > Hi Ric, >> We already know "a bit about UET and a bit of relevant music history." But >> neither we nor anyone else on the planet know enough about the two to make a >> claim that we are the experts in putting the two together. It isn't "a bit" >> we will be expected to know. If we bring it up, then we'll be expected to >> push it farther. The point is that I can foresee having a very few, if more >> than one or two clients - probably composers - who will want you to learn >> every doggone temperament in the book and then decide to make up a few of >> his own. And it will be up to us to spend hours and hours of time >> researching and practicing various temperaments for one person instead of >> working on the verticals in the practice rooms or finally getting that grand >> restrung that's been sitting in the shop for 6 months, with 17 more in line >> after it. >> >> And while someone mentioned that we should charge extra for that sort of >> thing, you have to bear in mind it will probably be the salaried staff tech >> who can't change his income that will bear the brunt of most of that. >> >> Slippery slope thing. >> Jeff >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Brekne" <ricb at pianostemmer.no >> > >> To: <caut at ptg.org> >> Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 4:05 PM >> Subject: Re: [CAUT] professor tuning variables >> >> >> While I agree in principle that one can spread oneself to thin.... I >>> hardly see that learning a bit about UET and a bit of relevant music history >>> is tantamount to stretching oneself too thin. Its just not that much work. >>> I have no problem with anyone simply not being interested themselves. But >>> lets not try and justify a clear and simple matter of preference with >>> attempts at objective reasoning justify these. Hey... its cool to just say >>> "UET's are not my bag" >>> >>> Cheers >>> RicB >>> >>> >>> >>> Jeff, >>> >>> I agree with what you said. There are too many times when a >>> technician wants to delve into so many different things that, >>> instead of being able to perfect the skills that are needed, they >>> can compromise these skills by being a jack of all trades. While I >>> fine nothing wrong with wanting to broaden one's horizons, you can >>> get to a point of diminishing a needed skill in one area just for >>> the sake of saying that you can now do something else that you never >>> did before and in the long run it does not amount to a hill of >>> beans. If you and many others are like me, you have a tough time >>> trying to keep things as good as they should and need to be let >>> alone trying to go after something that you might use once in your >>> life if even then. >>> >>> God bless >>> >>> Bill Balmer, RPT >>> Ohio Northern University and the University of Findlay >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090304/78c9ab8b/attachment-0001.html>
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