As I said before, I don't think you will find much independent research on DC systems. You either educate yourself as to their effectiveness, or continue with a baseless 'challenge of the status quo'. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Wynne" <ptuner@optonline.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 2:54 PM Subject: Re: Another heater bar without a control... > At 09:29 PM 7/29/02 -0400, you wrote: > >Muckity-muck isn't > >in my dictionary, which includes slang, so I'm not sure what you mean, but it > >certainly sounds like you intend the comment to be an insult. Please correct > >me if I'm wrong. > > As far as I know the phrase is somewhat synonymous with "bigwig" I am not > aware that it is a pejorative term and I was not using it as such. > > To Tom D and the "collective": > > I have challenged the status quo. It's a thing that happens in a healthy > society and most people don't like it, but that's how changes are brought > about. For those who feel I've been heavy handed and have had their > feathers ruffled as a result, I apologize. > > DC will, as you say, surely survive without my patronage. But they did, > however, solicit me with a very large envelope full of 4-color, glossy > brochures with pitching strategies for my customers and suggesting all > sorts of money I could make selling their products. What was not included, > to my surprise, was any literature providing detailed assurance to me as to > the efficacy of their hardware. We are a technically oriented group and > enjoy poring over the minutia of what the lay people might consider > mundane. Since most of the personal experience I have with this equipment > is dealing with botched installs from other techs, I am very interested in > seeing what, if any, hard evidence has been gathered to justify selling > this stuff to my clients. > > Matt > >
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