The official first flaming by Leifsson

[Kristinn Leifsson]

Hi Mitch,

interesting last paragraph, I have to admit, I didn´t read it carefully.  I 
was too emotionally affected.

A TON of them have bought real pianos... hmm 50kg average... that would be 
what, 20 kids out of 700?!  Gotcha!


If people respond so nicely to flaming I´ll start doing more of it.

Later,

Kristinn








At 23:25 26.10.2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Kristinn wrote:
>
>"Grrrrrr... I wish to flame.
>
>Shame on you Mitch, napalm your hiney!"
>
>I, of course, am deeply honored by your flame. <g>
>
>"I do not agree, there´s no way I can concede to this.
>This is the reason people complain about the "resistance" let-off produces 
>as if were an abnormal thing.
>Come on, there are SO many things that contribute to the proper touch that 
>are not mimicked on keyboards, and even the best keyboards can´t emulate a 
>piano."
>
>You, of course, are right.  There is no way that an electronic instrument 
>can match the sound or the touch of a fine piano.  I do not claim it and I 
>would never have you concede to it.  However I, as a Music Educator in a 
>private music school that MUST make money or close it's doors, have to 
>deal with the reality of the situation in my community.  To tell 
>folks,"You MUST buy a $4,000 dollar musical instrument or we will not 
>teach your child music.", is a gross injustice to the children of my 
>community and would put me out of business tout suite.  It's not a perfect 
>situation but it's better than nothing.
>
>"You´ve probably heard this before."
>
>Yup and since we first ignored it ten years ago we have taught over 700 
>children at least the basics of piano playing.  Most of them hung around 
>for a few years and had a good time doing it.  Some of them have developed 
>into real players.  A TON of them have bought fine instruments when they 
>realized that the investment would pay off.  How many of them would have 
>gotten that far if we had barred the door at the beginning?
>
>Now go and read the last paragraph of my original post. <g>
>
>I am pleasantly singed...
>Mitch Ruth
>www.childrensmusicassociation.com
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