[CAUT] tone color

[Ron Nossaman]

On 2/23/2011 10:38 PM, Jim Busby wrote:
> Ron,
>
> I'm not the enemy, and I'm not going to joust with you. I'm just
> trying to make sense out of things.

No no, I'm not. I understand. What I said below is the bottom line. I 
know it's not your doing or decision, but I thought it might very well 
come up. Remember how many times I mentioned it before the piano came 
into the shop, warning you that it wasn't going to sound like the 
others? Since everything you guys have there is way brighter than what 
I'm used to anywhere else, I was concerned that the institution wouldn't 
like the results. I've got pianos in other performance venues that 
haven't been a problem, and one that EVERYONE loved except - the head of 
the piano department. When the coin of the realm is LOUD and BRIGHT, 
this kind of redesign isn't what you want.


> You know I love your rebuilds, I think I've clearly proven that. I'm
> just not sure why artists choose what they choose, except for what
> they tell me.

Again, I don't have a problem with you at all. The "you" mentioned below 
meant the institution, not you personally. It was just you and Keith I 
dealt with. That's all.


> I'm going to bed and try to sleep this off...
>
> Jim

You're doing fine. G'night.
Ron N


>
>
> <<<<<So that's what we have. If you must have a piano that sounds
> like what you're used to, keep buying pianos you're used to and
> rebuilding them like you're used to, and never deviate. I see no
> point in redesigning pianos that reproduce what's already available
> everywhere, and don't intend to try. I REALLY like the sound these
> things produce, and if I can find enough customers who like them too,
> I'll keep doing them. Ron N>>>>>
>