I can now send copies of Bill's "diatribe" via email to those of you who either didn't get a copy at the last convention (I'm under the impression that he had copies circulated), lost/gave away your copy, or didn't attend the convention. Since I was unable to attend the convention I was unaware that the paper even existed until Bill mentioned it to me on the telephone. (After reading it, I recognized it as being something he had apparently long thought of producing in written form--having heard basically all of it while visiting with him several years ago.) The paper is rather opinionated but contains some valid points that would make for interesting discussion in PIANOTECH and perhaps beyond. (WARNING: Those who tend to be offended by the slightest hint of "bashing" should probably pass on this one!) Bill explicitly invites readers to reproduce his paper--in whole or in part. I have done some very minor editting but did nothing to change the basic content. There are some points I disagree with, as I'm sure many will, but I prefer to present the paper as it was presented to me. It would probably be more convenient for me to put the copy in the index at PIANOTECH, but I'm not so sure everyone would be able to retrieve the document from the index. And since the document is 21217bytes long, I thought it would be rude to just send it indiscriminately to the whole list of subscribers. But I'm rambling on. If you wa .
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