Billbrpt, a.k.a. >From: GPRogers1@AOL.COM a.k.a. ???? >>Bill Bremmer RPT >>Madison, Wisconsin >>P. S. Have I "backed off" enough? No, and you don't think so either considering you are coming in under another name. How many more aliases do we need to put into our screening file? At 07:50 6/17/99 EDT, you wrote: FROM SOMEWHERE: >In a message dated 6/17/99 3:21:54 AM Central Daylight Time, richardb@c2i.net >writes: >This has been considered in the US but has been found to be unworkable and is >generally not desired by the members of our profession. What we do is >considered more on the level of an art or craft rather than an essential >service such as performed by an electrician, plumber or auto mechanic. A >mistake made in piano work generally wouldn't be a matter of concern for >public safety. The market itself limits those whose practices are >substandard. I agree. >A government can pass any law it chooses but whether it can enforce it is >another matter. Would your government require that all pianos be tuned in ET >for example? Probably, as it _is_ the standard these days and governments crave standards. > And what amount of stretch in the octaves would it prescribe? >What amount of tolerance would it give for pitch? I would suggest that the PTG tuning standards would be an excellent starting point for determining these parameters, if not taken in toto. > If it chose ET as the >standard, how much tolerance would it allow for deviation or error? What >would it do to or with someone like me who chooses not to tune in ET <remainder non-relavent and snipped> I'm sure that some system of waivers could be arranged, such as a statement signed by tuner _and_ customer stating that the customer had requested a non-standard tuning. Conrad Still at the same address. Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu Luther College (319)-387-1204 Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 "Far too noisy, my dear Mozart. Far too many notes." - Emperor Ferdinand of Austria 1.5.1786
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