Yeah... but had you been brought into the buisness from the ground level up by some of the folks I mentioned.... you'd have been influenced by that experience... like everyone else on the face of the planet would be yes ??.. and your whole attitude and philosophy towards how to go about rebuilding pianos would be reflected by that experience... just like it is now only by a different crowd. Course any given person can always turn out to be the exception to the rule. But the overwhelming majority of people out there stick pretty stubbornly to what they have learned from there mentors... whomever they be. Or hadnt you noticed ?? :):) And in answer to part of your question... yes... there are lots of people out in the big wide world who are very successful at working with rebuilders. Of course there are. Pianotech and our little community of active folks here is after all a very very small part of the world wide piano technical community after all. Cheers RicB Ummm, I doubt it. I referenced those three because they are the only ones I am aware of that regularly produce piano designs with bass floats and have a track record of working with other rebuilders. Are there any other piano designers doing that? Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- SNIP > If Terry had been taught (thoroughly) to build soundboards by say.... the > Steingræber folks.. or perhaps the old Bechstein gang... whomever... odds > are he'd have a different set of gurus then he perceives today. Cheers > RicB
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