<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charse= t=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2730.1700" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 12/4/2003 7:51:45 AM Pacific Standard Time, claviers= @nxs.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Alan McCoy says that in the world of art, "fac= ts" must still be<BR>interpreted.  That's absolutely true, and there li= es one of the big<BR>problems.  Is the artist pointing out a real probl= em, or he/she just<BR>up-tight and nervous about the up-coming performance?&= nbsp; Which is it?  We<BR>have to figure that out.  So as technici= ans, we must deal with both sides<BR>of the coin, but when we talk among our= selves, we must stick to the facts,<BR>or else we will find ourselves out in= the fog.  A glaring case in point was<BR>an old "D" that a young artis= t rejected, requiring that another one be<BR>brought in from 120 miles away.=   That same artist was back in town two<BR>years later, tried an old "D= " at a local dealer, and really liked it.<BR>Unknown to her, it was the same= piano she had rejected two years before,<BR>and nothing had been done to it= , or for it.  <BR><BR>Jim Ellis</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040>   <FONT = size=4>   I know what you mean. Frustratin ain't it? Subjectivit= y is a terrible thing to waste. __Dale</FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>