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" > > +++++++++++++++++++++ > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.13 - Release Date: 04/16/2005 > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.13 - Release Date: 04/16/2005 > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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