Hi Ron... It is great to hear that there is value to the practical tips promulgated in this forum. Conversely, some added complexity is certainly welcome, and, in fact, the complex material is the main reason I am following the threads. My posting, however, reflects my current position of reentering the field after 15 years, and an appreciation for the variety of ingenious approaches to solve even simple problems. Boring, I am sure for the well-established colleague... great for techs like me... Thanks for your response. Doug At 03:26 PM 9/6/98 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Doug, > >I don't have any problem at all with practical responses to super simple >technical and/or customer relations questions. I've learned tons of terrific >tips and tricks just by listening in. It's just that the topic hardly merits >three days and forty posts saying essentially the same thing, does it? >Besides, I was pointing out to Jim Harvey, and anyone else who cared to read >it, what I've come to believe is the reason for the huge volume of postings >on a subject of this nature, and the relatively low volume of discussion on >more complex technical points. The price in embarrassment is lower for being >"wrong", and the list membership's experience with something like this is >far greater than if you were talking about - say, casting plates. You will >note that I clutter up the list with replies (often "wrong") to questions of >this level just about as often as anyone else. My observation wasn't >intended to be either flattering, or abusive - just accurate. > > >>Ron, >> >>Yes you are in trouble. >> >>I am under the impression that one purpose of a listserve is to exchange >>PRACTICAL ideas as well as technical. Although new to the list, I am not >>new to the profession, and the fact is most of us deal daily with such >>practical challenges. While discussion on inharmonicity, sring tension, >>temperament and acoustic theory are enlightening and helpful, so is learning >>how to convince a client NOT to allow their hampster loose in the house (to >>do a magnitude of damage to an action only a rodent could do), how to remove >>dampers easily (instead of yanking them off with a pair of needlenose >>pliers, which was the first technique I was taught), and certainly how to >>remove sticky stuff (tape being only ONE of the varieties of sticky I have >>encountered... some a little less mentionable) are more than fair game for >>serious and INTELLIGENT conversation... >> >>Anyone else feel the way I do? >> >>Doug >> >> > Ron > > >
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