[CAUT] TIP OF THE YEAR!/ 4 books

[Cy Shuster]

Exactly.  "The transcripts of a large gathering of the times most important 
piano builders/designers" describes a Technical Institute, no?

--Cy--

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "RicB" <ricb at pianostemmer.no>
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 8:00 AM
Subject: [CAUT] TIP OF THE YEAR!/ 4 books


>
> Cy,
>
> I'm not sure I understand you. As I understood the description of  "Dels 
> book", it is not his book at all.  Its just a reprint of a book that came 
> out around 1910 or so and was more or less the transcripts of a large 
> gathering of the times most important piano builders/designers. The major 
> difference between the origional and Dels updated version is some measure 
> of technical commentary on Dels part interspersed. None of this having 
> anything do to with PTG Technical institutes, handouts, slides or notes.
> Or am I missing something here ?
>
> Cheers
> RicB
>
>    I've often wondered if the PTG could capture the handouts, slides,
>    and notes
>    from the national Technical Institute, and reprint them, or at least
>    store
>    them in the Members Area of the website.  After all, that's pretty
>    much how
>    Del's "Piano Tone Building" book came about in the first place.
>
>    --Cy--
>
>