[pianotech] What is bloom,

[Ron Nossaman]

On 3/18/2011 11:34 PM, PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 3/18/2011 11:25:21 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> erwinspiano at aol.com writes:
>
>     Or am I imagining it?
>
> You're imagining it. It's a conversation, not a moderated conference. If
> we don't answer JD's question as completely and directly as you would
> have us, at least we're hearing some good voices, and the related
> discussions relevant to a range of interests. This isn't ask the expert.
> Lose the control impulse. The distinctions between bloom and swell, and
> between chordal play, hammer strike, and pluck are the beginnings of
> investigations into ways we hear. It's all germane and useful in its own
> strange, uncontrolled conversational way.
> Paul

No, not a control impulse. It's a reluctance to see rare gem 
observations left lying on the ground to be stepped over in pursuit of 
previously (sometimes much) discussed, and more mundane issues.

Not a widely shared concern, apparently. Apologies for the interruption. 
I'll go away now.
Ron N