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<DIV>In a message dated 1/11/05 9:17:15 A.M. Central Standard Time,
fssturm@unm.edu writes:</DIV>
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=2>Yes,
absolutely true. As much as we like to think of most pianists
as<BR>hypochondriacs who don't know what the heck they are talking about (=
it's
a<BR>natural defensive response to maintain our own sanity and self-esteem=
),
I<BR>find that most pianists I work with only complain when they have a
real<BR>issue. They may not articulate it well, or in a way that I can
readily<BR>understand, but there is some truth there somewhere. For that
matter, I may<BR>decide that what they want is "bad for the piano" (ie, wi=
ll
make it<BR>unacceptable to the majority of others) and decline to do it, o=
r at
any rate<BR>to go as far in a direction as they would like.<BR> &nbs=
p;
But I think the best policy is to take any criticism, even an off-hand<BR>=
one,
seriously, and to assume that a large number of pianists are "too<BR>polit=
e"
to tell us what they really think. As hard as it is on the ego of<BR>the
technician, one might well assume they think you aren't competent to do<BR=
>a
better job, so they don't complain for fear you might make it
worse.<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>It might not be as much as an issue of actually doing something about i=
t,
but when we're dealing with many different pianists, it is hard to adapt one=
instrument to the different demands of the many. It's one thing to work with=
one
pianist and his/her piano. But to try to change touch or tone to every piani=
st
who comes along might do the piano more harm than good. I am not a
pianists, but perhaps that is one reason, as you pointed out, the experience=
d
players will adapt, rather than demand the piano be changed to their
needs.</DIV>
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<DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>