Subject: Time: 9:18 AM OFFICE MEMO RE Who This List is For Date: 1/9/96 ----------------original post--------------- No, I am not a "University" technician. However, at the risk of sounding thin skinned, it would appear that your attitude may be a bit arrogant. Simply because an RPT does not actively work for (or with) such an establishment does in no way suggest that he or she is not versed as well or that such a person couldn't be very intrumental (excuse the pun). --------------reply------------------- You've missed the point altogether. Certainly if you knew Jack Reeves, the man who started this list, you would be aware that an elitist attitude did not foster the beginning and growth of this list. Just as a car mechanic who services a fleet of commercial vehicles for industry would have different problems and priorities than a mechanic who services vehicles for individuals, so do we institutional piano technicians have different priorities and problems than the home piano technician. Just to mention a few: coping with heavy use instruments, anal attention to voicing problems, dealing with recalcitrant administrations, etc., etc. To be successful at either discipline requires expertise, hard work, and creativity; and neither is "simpler" than the other. Ken Sloane, Oberlin Conservatory
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