Puhleeeease! was RE: marketing a patented tuning Was OnlyPure

Joe And Penny Goss imatunr@srvinet.com
Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:25:22 -0600


Well!!!
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bernhard Stopper" <b98tu@t-online.de>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: Puhleeeease! was RE: marketing a patented tuning Was OnlyPure


> Oooops...
> your tuning curve seems to be probably better than mine ;)
>
> for the language...i learned from Joe G. <g>
>
> regards,
>
> Bernhard
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alan" <tune4u@earthlink.net>
> To: "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 4:55 PM
> Subject: Puhleeeease! was RE: marketing a patented tuning Was OnlyPure
>
>
> 1. Whatever the merits of your ideas, they will not be such a miracle
> improvement over all others that people will want to pay, methinks. And we
> have a planetfull of ears that are pretty accustomed to ET, anyway.
>
> 2. Watch your language please. There are ladies, and gentlemen, who read
> this list.
>
> 3. Besides, I've already patented the ideal continental tuning. It's
> official name is the "Bardot Belle Outside Well Temperament," but I just
> call it the "French Curve." I have attached a graphic of the shape of this
> curve for any who wish to analyze it.
>
> Alan R. Barnard
> Salem, MO
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
Behalf
> Of Bernhard Stopper
> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:33 AM
> To: Pianotech
> Subject: Re: marketing a patented tuning Was OnlyPure
>
>
> 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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