Was Fish, I see no further utility in the list.

[Piannaman@aol.com]

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Ron,
 
While I'm probably not as technically astute as many others on this  
list(yet), I always have learned something new from your posts.  You  seem to be one 
of the few people on this list whose only agenda here is the  advancement of 
piano technology.  I hope your vacation from this list is  brief, though it 
would be easy to understand if you made it a long one.
 
Looks like I'll have to keep an eye on your website.
 
Thanks for all the shared knowledge,
 
Dave Stahl
 
In a message dated 2/19/05 8:30:54 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
sec@overspianos.com.au writes:

Its Ron Overs here,


Mr Brekne wrote:



Yes Ron, actually my words do encourage one  and all  (misguided or not) to 
explore the world of piano sound to the  fullest.


The above remark was in reply to me, Ron Overs, not Ron Nossaman.


I don't accept your spin!  Your words certainly don't encourage me  to do 
anything, apart from getting my 'blood up'. But I have no doubt that  this will 
give you some degree of satisfaction.


Yesterday, I concluded a post with the following.



Knowledge in our discipline is expanding all  the time. We are living at a 
time when 300 years of combined thinking has  resulted in what we have come to 
know as the modern piano. It is essential  that this thinking and evolution 
should be allowed to continue. Further  progress remains possible as long as we 
don't let the politics of the  currently-successful ones get in the way. We 
must always endeavour to  work out what is a worthwhile design feature, and what 
might be a dead end  idea. The black art of piano design is fascinating, and 
there remains an  ocean of improvements waiting to be found. As with the 
evolution of species,  many subspecies will come and go like the Dodo. Not all will 
be bad ideas,  and some may be worthy of resurrection. But new Dodos will come 
along as  well. We must use our judgement to establish what we believe to be 
the best  combination of established practice, past practice and future 
possibilities.  Getting the three together in the best proportion, when building a 
new  instrument, can be somewhat akin to jumping off a cliff in the hope that  
there is a soft landing at the bottom, and not just rocks.




You also have to contend with a multitude of  'technical' opinion, which 
sometimes hasn't even been down the 'thinking  road' you have taken. So often this 
chorus will discount the new idea just  because it is different and 'not the 
way' their favourite manufacturer does  it. It doesn't necessarily mean that 
the new idea hasn't got merit, but you  have to somehow carry on through the 
'thunderstorm' of disbelief which  surrounds you.


In the last paragraph, from yesterday's post (above), my reference to  
'technical opinion' referred in particular to that of Richard Brekne, who  likes to 
put out his 'Mr nice guy' spin on the surface, while he calls into  question 
the work of any who might dare to work towards a 'better mouse-trap'.  Maybe 
Terry Farrell or Dale Erwin will be his next target (although I think  he's 
already done Dale once before - and I know that Ron N's had a little  taste and 
Del's gone).


Unfortunately, I believe that the pianotech list has become for me a  waste 
of time and effort. In this instance, I am failing to carry on through  the 
'thunderstorm' of disbelief.


Some of us have foregone so much income opportunity to the further study  of 
the instrument, and I sometimes wonder why, since it doesn't seem to be  
appreciated? As we all know, certain people were much smarter back in  1900.


I am beginning to understand why Del has given this list a wide berth in  
recent times. A worthy contributor has gone missing thanks in part to the  
background noise that keeps coming from Brekne, who's banter never lets  up.


A large number of Pianotech subscribers have made worthy contributions  over 
the few years that I have taken part. Thank you for your  generosity.


I'm getting out of here for a while.
Feb 20, 2005
Ron Overs.



 

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