marketing a patented tuning Was OnlyPure

[Bernhard Stopper]

OK, kidding is a normal reaction to suppress fear.

And if one reads the reactions on this list about patenting a tuning method, 
it seems that everybody feels pissed on by this.

But let me tell, that there are already many serious colleagues who see the 
marketing chance of a protected method.

You can easily ask more for a high valued work and get much higher paid than 
you pay  license fees.

Professional music business is also often big money business. Do you know 
what a world class pianist asks for a concert evening?

And the tuner who makes the work to get the pianist fly, is the asshole for 
some bucks.

Same big money business for professional CDs. Suppose you get a job for a 
recording session. And suppose, OnlyPure is a synonyme for protected quality 
like dolby. The CD label will be interested to use the OnlyPure mark on the 
CD. Thus, they pay for the use of the mark, and the tuner will be 
participated. Sounds good, doesn´t?

If an enhanced method is protected by patenting, there is a good chance, to 
ask a price that relates more to the quality and importance of the work 
done.

To license a good product is a chance for a good deal, not a bad deal.

regards,

Bernhard Stopper

http://www.onlypure.info

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Ballard" <yardbird@vermontel.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:12 AM
Subject: Re: Was OnlyPure not (flame time?)


> At 2:27 PM -0400 4/15/05, A440A@aol.com wrote:
>><< or pitch-shimming. >>
>>Now,  I like that term!!
>
> Just to let you know, I have a patent pending on the technique. <g>
>
> At 11:59 AM -0700 4/15/05, David Andersen wrote:
>>Ooohhh, I do too....does it mean supersmall changes in the pitch of a
>>3-string unison?
>
> The technique is the same regardless of whether the pitch correction is 
> fingernail size or 15-lb turkey size. But the royalty is based on the 
> pitch correction.
>
> Seriously, I described it in the 1/97 PTJ, as well as on this list. I 
> stumbled on it three years out of N. Bennet Street, and its versatility 
> continues to amaze me.
>
> MasterCard, Visa, DiscoverCard, all the major plastics.
>
> Bill Ballard RPT
> NH Chapter, P.T.G.
>
> "A man who tells the truth is bound to be found out sooner or later."
>     ...........Uncle Harry in "The Tailor of Panama"
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