electrical ears

[Jim]

Dear Mr Oorebeek:

I just wanted to commend you for your excellent use of the English
language.  I have been watching your posts and your grammar is
quite good and your spelling is too.  I suppose when you were in
Japan, you did as well with that language too.

How does one get the kind of training which you had with Yamaha?
do you have to be working for a Yamaha dealer?

Jim Coleman, Sr.


On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Oorebeek A. wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
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> Thank you for your comments on my email about  "ears and electricity".
> I think we basically all agree on the same matter, yes.
> So much has been said about this that at a certain moment we can dedicate=
 ourselves to the next issue.
> I think it all comes down to this: In these fast electronic times the old=
er generation might hold on to trusted techniques and at the same time try =
out new methods whereas the newer generations get tired and develop other a=
nd sometimes better ways.
> I am not so old but sort of inbetween..48 years.
> I have tuned more than 25.000 piano's and probably 30.000 by ear. and onl=
y these last years have I worked with a machine too.
> My final conclusion is this: As long as it sounds "OK" it's fine with me.
> I only feel that it is very important to learn the basics first.
> It is like the pupils on a highschool: if you allow them to use calculato=
rs without first teaching them basic old fashioned calculation and algebra,=
 they have missed essential knowledge and that is the reason why there are =
very many highschool pupils , today, everywhere, who do not know how to wri=
te a proper letter, or have never heard of Madagascar or holland. They beco=
me morons, so to speak. If I cannot write properly in english then flame me=
!
> I have never yet been to Madagascar, but I know where Holland is!!
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> Thank you so much, it was fun!
> I hope to meet you all one day!
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> PS. there is a great book about Madagascar written by Derphla Murphy (an =
Irish author)
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> Friendly Greetings from:
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> CONCERT PIANO SERVICE
> Andr=E9 Oorebeek
> Amsterdam, the Netherlands
> email address: oorebeek@euronet.nl
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> =89 Where Music is no harm can be =89
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