Hello Tom, We all speak from our own perspective. I found yours thoughtful and well said. Diane >From: Tom Cole <tcole@cruzio.com> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org >To: pianotech@ptg.org >Subject: Re: Sheldon Smith type thoughts >Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 22:07:09 -0700 > >James Grebe wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > With this prolonged discussion on the worth and the exclusivity of >one > > fine technician I would offer these thoughts, especially to the fine >tuners > > who are at the beginning of their career. > > The statement was made that HE was booked up three months in advance. > > Listen to that. Does that sound like someone you would want to emulate? > > Would it not make you very nervous to have that much work booked in >advance? > > > You would become a human machine with no freedom to take choices > > as they arise in your day. > >James, > >You are speaking, of course, from your own perspective. I didn't get the >impression that Sheldon was objecting to having all that responsibility. >Maybe there was no need for him to take time off when he loved what he >did and was greatly respected for it. Your heart doesn't take time off >from pumping your blood; it enjoys what it does very nicely. There is >nothing else for it to do. Sheldon chose piano work as his life's work >and I admire that he could be so committed to it and not hold anything >back. If only I could be so passionate about my work. I certainly would >never be bored. > >I don't know what personal difficulties were responsible for Sheldon's >untimely death. He reminds me of my father who carried a terrible burden >his whole life because of a childhood tragedy. He was able to maintain >his sanity by pouring himself into music. Interesting how adversity can >provoke greatness, like an oyster, suffering from the intrusion of a >grain of sand, transforms it into a pearl. > >Tom >-- >Thomas A. Cole, RPT >Santa Cruz, CA >mailto:tcole@cruzio.com > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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