[CAUT] adequate, ultimate and optimal

[Ed Sutton]

Laury,

My comment was complex, and somewhat tongue-in-cheek.
We have to start somewhere, and we have to stop somewhere.
We have to compose and play on what we have, during our own lifetimes!

Ed




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laurence Libin" <lelibin at optonline.net>
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 7:39 PM
Subject: [CAUT] adequate, ultimate and optimal


>
> I don't think 'adequate' is quite the right word, unless it applies 
> equally to Strads. The best pianos of Mozart's and Beethoven's day are as 
> perfectly suited to their intended repertoires and performance techniques 
> as any instruments ever have been; they're as refined in their way as any 
> superior piano of today. No instrument is 'ultimate,' and 'optimal' 
> depends on what's required of it.
> Laurence
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
> To: "Ed Sutton" <ed440 at mindspring.com>; <caut at ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 5:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Bridge Materials and Design
>
>
>> On 1/19/2011 2:58 PM, Ed Sutton wrote:
>>> My point is that while they may not be ultimate and optimal, they were
>>> adequate enough to make some kind of music, and may still be.
>>
>>