<!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 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Wim:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'd consider the <EM>Steinway Technical Reference Guide</EM>.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>dave<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********<BR><BR>On 8/29/2003 at 11:27 AM Wimblees@aol.com wrote:</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">Wim,<BR>I don't think anyone has mentioned to you that this book has no text per<BR>se.  It is entirely composed of diagrams with listings of part names.  Only<BR>in the glossary are functions addressed.  The purpose of this text was to<BR>establish "official" names for the parts of the piano - not as a text which<BR>could serve soley as instruction on function.  It's more of a companion<BR>source.  So, you might want to consider this in your choice of text.<BR><BR>Jeff<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Jeff<BR><BR>Thank you for your note. I am aware of the contents of the book. I had it at one time, but somewhere along the way it disappeared. (Maybe I gave it tot he chapter library.) But I think a reference book like this could be very useful for my class, for the very reason you explained, as a companion source. My outline includes a description of each part of the piano, it's material, use, and function. I think it would be very helpful if the students had a picture of each part, and where it belongs in the piano. That way, when they call their piano tuner sometime in the future, they can explain exactly which part they think isn't working right. (at least that is the goal). <BR><BR>The other reference book I am going to use is Larry Fine's Piano Book. Again, not so much as a text book, but as a reference book, when it comes time in my curriculum for the buying a new and/or used piano. <BR><BR>I don't what other book is available on the market that could be used as a text book per se. Do you?<BR><BR>Wim <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR></FONT><FONT size=2 Arial> <BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>**************** END MESSAGE FROM Wimblees@aol.com *********************</FONT> </FONT></BODY></HTML> <PRE> _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________</PRE>