Del, In my capacity of rewhateverer of limited skill and even more limited fame I hope to come across one of your instruments so that I have the opportunity to make the choice of improving or not. Unless something happens to change my thinking in the future I will respectfully decline. Thanks for the reply. Phil -- On Tue, 3 Jul 2001 22:12:13 Delwin D Fandrich wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Phillip L Ford" <fordpiano@lycos.com> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: July 04, 2001 4:13 AM >Subject: Re: rescaling > > >If I designed and built a piano it would represent my idea of what a piano >should be. I wouldn't want someone 'improving' that after the fact no >matter how good a rebuilder he thought himself. >-------------------------------------------- > >Speaking as one who has both designed and built pianos (and who is still >doing so), if any of you rewhateverers out there comes across a piano that >I've either designed or built and you are rewhatevering it and you can >improve it and make it a better musical instrument--you have my permission, >my encouragement and my blessing to do so. (Please let me know what you've >done so we can both learn something.) > >I do not for a moment consider the instrument to be something sacred. It is >not the instrument that brings tear of joy or tears of sorrow--it is the >music produced by the instrument. Anything I can do to make the instrument >more musical in the hands of the artist I will do and I'll not worry too >much about authenticity along the way! And I expect anyone coming across my >work to do the same. > >Regards, > >Del >Delwin D Fandrich >Piano Designer & Builder >Hoquiam, Washington USA >E.mail: pianobuilders@olynet.com >Web Site: www.pianobuilders.com > > Get 250 color business cards for FREE! http://businesscards.lycos.com/vp/fastpath/
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