[CAUT] TIP OF THE YEAR!/ 4 books

[Jim Busby]

Just when I thought I knew the answers they changed all the questions...

Or... The more I learn, the less I know for sure...

Hey Ron, if everyone waited for the perfect time, no books would be
written! I worry that you, Del and others will let it go then I'll be
too old to use it! Not to mention the ever increasing amount of debris
in space that could fall down on your head, thus denying all of us the
wisdom such a publication would offer... 

Cheers,
Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Ron Nossaman
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 9:44 PM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] TIP OF THE YEAR!/ 4 books



> Four books I'd like to see; (I'd gladly pay, say, $1,000.00 for a
copy.)
> 1. Fred Sturm's Complete Manual of Piano Servicing and Repair
> 2. Ron Nossaman's Technical Guide to Functional Piano "Re-design"
> 3. Del Fandrich; Piano Designers Secrets of the Craft, Revealed...
> (Oooo)
> 4. Alan McCoy; Encyclopedia of Influential technicians of the 20th
> Century. Including Notes, Tips, and Memoirs from; Fred Drasche, Del
> Fandrich, Ron Nossaman, Fred Sturm, Ted Sambell, Ben McLeveen, Jim
> Colman Sr., George Defebaugh, etc. etc. etc. (Kind of a "The Piano
Book"
> for tech junkies)
> 
> Yes. I AM serious!... :-)
> 
> Jim Busby

Jim,
Wow! Thanks, big guy. That's a little different take than I'm 
used to. To date, the printing of my book is being held up by 
the continually changing content of the text. I don't seem to 
be able to type fast enough to keep up with the rate at which 
I obsolete what I thought I knew yesterday. I'm not sure what 
to do about that. Need more elbows (for typing), apparently, 
or less curiosity. The next scheduled seminar class is usually 
the closest approximation to my current state of awareness 
that I can produce in a nominally semi-coherent format. But 
shift happens fairly continuously, so the details are likely 
to drift. If I could decide what the heck it was I actually 
knew and stick with it, I might manage to make a buck.

Or not,
Ron N