Wapin bridge patent

[Carl Meyer]

Jon wrote:

> Carl,
> You've put a lot of political arguments into this post, which I won't
> answer right now.

No problem.  I've been known to do that from time to time

 Suffice to say, that Wapin is a relatively cheap
> way of increasing sustain in a piano.

Compared to sound board replacement, yes.  Compared to using Roger Jolly's
prelude to voicing techniques, no.
This assumes that Wapin is effective in doing just that.  I have had some
private posts that questions that fact and brings up some possible bad side
effects.


  I don't think that piano techs
> will pass up Wapin based on the license fee, but it will take a while
> to catch on.

Only time will tell.  Count me as number one.


 It's another tool in the rebuilding toolbox.

I've got a lot of tools in my box that I never use. Can't seem to get rid of
them.

>
> It is my understanding that Wapin requires the training because some
> of the earlier unsupervised installations got screwed up.  They
> thought they could trust people to get it right, but they changed
> their minds based on the results.
>
> Yes, I am a Wapin installer.


OKAY!  So , does that mean that a CERTFIED, APPROVED, REGISTERED, BLESSED
installer that may screw up an installation gets the piano restored to it's
original condition by Wapin?

Respectfully, but tongue-in-cheek:

Carl Meyer  Assoc. PTG
Santa Clara, California



>
> Respectfully,
> Jon
>
>
> >Robert Scott wrote:
> >
> >  > The whole purpose of a patent is to reward inventors for disclosing
> >  > the details that they might otherwise choose to keep secret>
> >
> >In the Wapin case, how are the inventors rewarded?  And by whom? I submit
> >that the inventors are now the victims of large organizations and the
> >government.  The greedy patent attorneys at the U Of  C may have caused a
> >backlash that will doom the invention.  I could visualize piano techs
> >boycotting Wapin, not that it doesn't work, but for other reasons more
> >emotional and political.
> >The patent system adds to the damage by allowing costs to get out of
control
> >and the result will be to stifle inovation because nobody but the large
> >companies can afford to get a patent and defend it.  Wapin then becomes a
> >part of the 99.999 % patents that make no money for the patentees. Sad
> >,isn't it?
>
>
>
> >  (Plus you get the training,
> >  > which is worth something too.)
> >
> >I'll pass on the training, thanks!
>
> Jon Ralinovsky
> Piano Technician
> Department of Music
> Miami University
> 513/529-6548
>