Robins Post, was CC etc.

[Stéphane Collin]

Wisdom

Stéphane Collin.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: "Newtonburg" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 5:50 PM
Subject: Robins Post, was CC etc.


> Thanks Robin, for allowing for  a two sided perspective in all this.
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> The list would perhaps be interested to know that I had a very nice chat 
> with Ron O on the telephone yesterday. I called him to express my regrets 
> at the way things had develope and to convey to him my own wishes for his 
> return, and great respect for his work.  The ensuing conversation was 
> actually quite refreshing, revealing once again the weaknesses of the 
> written word only in commincation.  It is so easy to jump onto that single 
> phrase or sentence and let that dominate the reading of an entire post. 
> In anycase we were able to in a very freindly way make the nature of our 
> concerns over this whole SB issue clear to one another. And, I also think, 
> we left the conversation feeling comforted because of the effort.
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> It might suprise some of you to know that I would take the same position 
> if someone from Steinway came and in similiar fashion attempted to justify 
> their way of going about things as the one and only best.  I remember my 
> first convention in Washington DC a few years back. I attended the all day 
> Steinway session and came out of the affair with the feeling that I had 
> been to a revival meeting instead of a technical seminar.  It is so easy 
> for people to get affected by the <<flock>> mentality. And that holds true 
> no matter who we decide to hold up in idolic manner at any given time. 
> And that is the jist of my own passion.  Like Ron,  I do not think the 
> continuation of any godlike aura surrounding Steinway pianos  is good for 
> the industry. But then by the same token, I dont see that any piano 
> building philosophy  could take on that role with any different result. I 
> fail to see that that constitutes being a trouble maker, or a destructive 
> element.  What can I say... I dont believe, and indeed react strongly to 
> anything that smacks of <<one way brother>>.  On the other hand... 
> things are not more complicated or involved then this.
> I'll end this expressing my hope as well that Ron O returns to our throng, 
> as I did on the phone with him. And by reminding one and all that my 
> intentions were not do discourage anyone from going forward in any 
> direction they wish.  Quite the opposite, be your name Steinway, Kawaii, 
> Overs, Petrof... who ever... they all deserve that same encouragement. 
> Despite the sometimes hivelike nature of human kind,  each piano does 
> indeed speak for itself... has a voice of its own.
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> Thats me.
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