<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16681" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear CAUT List Folks-</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Over the past year the <EM>Journal</EM> has used gracious contributions of the CAUT Committee to expand our technical coverage.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In particular, Fred Sturm has given us the use of his posts (edited by him, and a then little more by us) to show some methods of efficient institutional maintenance. Kent Swafford is currently compiling some earlier posts about sostenuto regulation (real tech posts about real regulation problems!), which we will soon publish. It would be wonderful if the Journal were to receive similar contributions on technical topics for an extended period.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A general range of topics could be: Institutional piano maintenance, Tuning, voicing, regulating the high performance piano.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am suggesting the most productive effort would be focused on the practical daily work of the college technician. Other topics might eventually be covered under a different sponsor.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Articles should mostly be about generally accepted technical practice which can be replicated and tested, and any unusual opinions should clearly be identified as such.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The CAUT Committee would have  authority to review/plan/make topic assignments  for the project.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The CAUT Committee and Journal editors will create a "template" for the articles, which should facilitate production.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The <EM>Journal</EM> editors will contribute editing, spelling and photo shop skills to the project.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If we can agree on this model, or some modification of it, and get approval from the CAUT Committee, we can proceed to the next levels of development, such as listing possible topics, discussing how to extract the material, assigning writers, etc.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would like to hear responses to this idea.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>[Please don't use clever names and cute phrases. I can't understand them.]</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed Sutton</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>writing now as editor of <EM>PTJournal</EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>