Avery, iIonly respond to questions and comments from this on now. By the way, you may click the delete button... regards, Bernhard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Avery Todd" <avery1@houston.rr.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:36 PM Subject: Re: marketing a patented tuning Was OnlyPure > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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