[pianotech] re. Voicing Client

[Keith McGavern]

Ed, List,

The remarkable saga in this wonderful publication is practically  
beyond belief, especially in light of all the extreme attempts made to  
re-find/re-discover that singular moment she experienced in the  
showroom when the piano was first played. Another remarkable reality  
is the great lengths the dealer went to help Ms Knize search for the  
missing link that she so willingly spent the money she did, and  
originally had no intentions of spending near that amount from the  
beginning.

What I prize most in the reading of this book, Grand Obession, was the  
simple truth that sometimes, maybe more than any of us would ever be  
willing to admit, that the most elementary aspect of this piano  
profession, tuning, can easily be the most correcting course of  
action, whereas the extent of operations performed in this book to  
resolve her dilemma became a sideshow of seemingly unending efforts,  
even though these efforts were performed by some of the piano  
industries' finest and with the sincerest of intentions.

I was once coined a minimalist by our colleage from Norway, Ric  
Brekne. I wasn't certain how to respond at that time. I had to look up  
the meaning to better understand the meaning of such a word. I  
determined it to mean someone who doesn't do anything further than is  
absolutely necessary. After reading this book. I now have no problem  
with being called a minimalist when it comes to resolving what needs  
to be done when working on someone else's piano. I intend to stick to  
the basics when at all possible until they prove absolutely fruitless,  
and only then move into the next level of potential resolution.

Sincerely,

Keith

On Jul 2, 2009, at 4:10 PM, Ed Sutton wrote:

> According to Marc Wienert, it is a low stretch equal temperament.
> I was arranging for measurements of Marc's tuning to be made so we  
> could publish them when Perri Knize informed me that Marc doesn't  
> always get it right, it is only The Temperament if she hears it and  
> approves.
> Ed S.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Cole" <tcole at cruzio.com>
> To: <joegarrett at earthlink.net>; <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 12:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] re. Voicing Client
>
>
>> Did anyone ever discover what temperament she liked so much?
>> Tom Cole
>>
>> Joseph Garrett wrote:
>>>
>>> Keith said: " First Read "Grand Obsession". (should be required  
>>> reading for all
>>> > technicians, IMHO!!)
>>> Now you're talking turkey, Joe. One of the best reads ever."
>>> Keith,
>>> Also, one of the most frustrating, ennerving things I've ever  
>>> read! However, it is all true and written from the perspective of  
>>> the Client/Pianist, which we, more than too often, don't  
>>> understand completely.<G>
>>> Regards,
>>> Joe
>>> Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)
>>> Captain, Tool Police
>>> Squares R I
>>>
>>
>