[pianotech] Simon and Garfunkel

[CHARLES BECKER]

What Will said.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Truitt" <surfdog at metrocast.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Simon and Garfunkel


> Dear Brian:
>
> I have re-read Jude Reveley's post after reading your reply below.  As 
> best
> I can gather from this distance, you seem to be a first rate and well
> qualified concert technician.  But I think you are being hypersensitive 
> and
> reading things into Jude's comments that are simply not there and are not
> even implied.
>
> While Jude's use of language could perhaps have been more precisely 
> framed,
> I don't think he was trying to insult you or make an aspersion as to the
> level of your abilities.  When he speaks of "your expected scope", I think
> he means "your" in the plural sense, as including all piano technicians
> (including you), who find themselves on a concert stage with a lot to do 
> and
> not enough time - and not you in the specific sense. I have the pleasure 
> of
> knowing Jude personally and, if he has a mean bone in his body, I haven't
> seen it.  It's just not in his character to deliberately insult others in 
> a
> public forum. So I was surprised by the depth of your reaction.
>
> If you continue to participate in the forum (and I hope you will), you 
> will
> find that what started out as one topic can evolve and mutate into another
> as the thread proceeds, and that this happens regularly. So Ron is hardly
> the only one amongst us who leads or follows the thread down another path.
> Most of us are guilty of that sin at one time or another. And none of us 
> are
> talking about Simon and Garfunkel either, are we?  :-)
>
> It is your policy to "not bag a piano over a chat page".  Fair enough. 
> And
> you believe that others should likewise restrain themselves.  Also, fair
> enough.  But, alas, I don't think it is quite that simple.  It is 
> certainly
> appropriate to comment on the condition of a piano, we do it all the time 
> on
> this forum.  When does a comment become a complaint?  Should we never
> complain about the condition of a piano, or are there times when it is
> appropriately topical on a technical forum such as this?
>
> I don't think that you "don't know shit from clay", and I have trouble
> thinking of anyone on this forum who does think that.
>
> I also think it is important for each of us to separate challenges in the
> arena of ideas from attacks on persons.  This forum works best when we
> confine our debate to the merits of ideas and avoid giving offense to the
> other person.  That involves all of us endeavoring to craft intelligent 
> and
> diplomatic responses.  And it involves careful reading (and rereading) by
> the receiver of such comments, so as to not reply in haste and
> misunderstanding.  Sometimes we take offense where none was given.
>
> So I say, lighten up, Brian.  It's not that bad, really.
>
> Respectfully yours,
>
> Will Truitt
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of Brian Wilson
> Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 12:30 AM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: [pianotech] Simon and Garfunkel
>
>
> Jude
> Well you have caught me out. Yes, I am only a part time technician who 
> needs
> more training to understand the basics of piano technology. I thought
> levelling keys had nothing to do with scaling of a piano. Now where do I
> find the book that tells me where to rescale a B model whilst discussing 
> key
> levelling.
> The regulation and hammer hanging being out of my expected scope. Thank 
> you
> for lowering yourself to an insult over your opinion of my work.
> I am in a minority group as I believe that it is not proper to bag a piano
> over a chat page. This list would be huge if we all complained about
> instruments we see every day. Well every few days for me. I hope that if
> this piano was another brand it too would be bagged in an open forum.
> As I said, the promoters of the concert would not be happy with the
> comments. I was asked by a technician what the best piano in the world. I
> tried to give an intelligent and diplomatic answer. He said the best piano
> was the one you are working on right now.
> I attach a photo of a piano in which I have little support in my comments 
> of
> this repair. I said it was a disgrace. So according to others like 
> yourself
> who tell me that I don't know sh_t from clay, that this standard of work 
> is
> ok.
> Thank you but I like to be in the minority.
> Now to email other technicians and manufacturers around the world that 
> they
> better close up and do something else than piano work.
> But wait, there are more photos.....
> Regards
> Brian
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