Am I the only one who's getting so tired of this BS???? I hope not! :-) Avery At 10:33 AM 4/16/05, you wrote: >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
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