Beautiful Sitka Spruce

[Farrell]

I guess I will post this to the Pianotech List, just in case anyone else didn't get the joke.

William wrote: "...doesn't this sound a bit (exactly) like the S&S line, used to sell flaws?"

Terry thinks in response: "No $hit!  Did I forget to use quotation marks?"   ;-)

Terry writes in response, while trying to repress his real thoughts: "Sorry William, I thought the play on words would be obvious. You are correct that much about the RC&S design/construction methods target repeatability/predictability as a goal. IMHO, the very small variations that my method of panel thicknessing might create, is insignificant relative to the natural variations that will occur among pieces of spruce. IMHO, it is a non-issue

Hey, don't feel bad. I'm about the worst one on the planet when it comes to "getting" a joke - I'll sit there bewildered while a room full of people are laughing hysterically around me.  :-(

Seriously though, thanks for your input. Others may have had the same thought. I wouldn't want folks to think that I am claiming to sell magic!

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
>> I mean, isn't that the sort of thing that, in part, gives each 
>> hand-crafted piano its own personality?
>>
>> Terry Farrell
> 
> 
> Hi Terry,
> 
> Not that I question your methods or results, but doesn't this sound a bit 
> (exactly) like the S&S line, used to sell flaws?  More to the point, though 
> is that for someone building RC&S boards at least in part because of the 
> repeatability/predictability of the process, I would think that hand-crafted 
> personality would be a thing to be avoided, not pursued.  Just asking, not 
> taunting here.
> 
> Of course, I must add that I have the greatest respect for you and your 
> choice of methods in soundboard construction.  I love the craftsmanship and 
> the result, having heard enough of your boards to know.  This is more a 
> question of principle, of work philosophy if you will.
> 
> Feel free to post to the list if you wish.
> 
> William R. Monroe
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