[pianotech] Chickering's splayed actions...Why?

[William Truitt]

I too find creativity and design fascinating - the process as much as the
product.  But I confess to admiring the most those engineered products that
are so well thought out that everything that is needed is there, and not one
thing more.   (I love Antoine De St. Expury's quote, "You know you have
achieved perfection in design, not when there is nothing more to add, but
rather when there is nothing more to take away".  I think good designers
always keep the trash can close by, and have the discipline and fortitude to
make the appropriate deposit, no matter how much effort they have invested.
What goals are you trying to achieve with a design?  How well does the
design meet them?  I'm not criticizing the Chickering tonality, I say
everyone should chase their own muse.  

 

Will

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
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Subject: Re: [pianotech] Chickering's splayed actions...Why?

 

Hi Will,

  ... the Chickerings from 1890 to 1920 seem to
be looking backwards for their tonal palette and engineering aesthetic.
Unnecessary complexity of design was going by the wayside for so many pianos
from this era, but not Chickering.


An interesting insight.  Creativity, does not seem to be particularly
linear. A "looking backwards" seems to be present right along side a quite
innovative "how else can we do this" frame of mind.  I like that.
 
Jim I 

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