[CAUT] adequate, ultimate and optimal

[Laurence Libin]

I don't think 'adequate' is quite the right word, unless it applies equally 
to Strads. The best pianos of Mozart's and Beethoven's day are as perfectly 
suited to their intended repertoires and performance techniques as any 
instruments ever have been; they're as refined in their way as any superior 
piano of today. No instrument is 'ultimate,' and 'optimal' depends on what's 
required of it.
Laurence


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: "Ed Sutton" <ed440 at mindspring.com>; <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Bridge Materials and Design


> On 1/19/2011 2:58 PM, Ed Sutton wrote:
>> My point is that while they may not be ultimate and optimal, they were
>> adequate enough to make some kind of music, and may still be.
>
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