<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple = style='border-top:windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:windowtext 1.0pt;border-style:none;padding:11.0pt 0in 0in = 8.0pt' id=MailContainerBody leftmargin=0 topmargin=0 acc_role=text = CanvasTabStop=true name="Compose message area"> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Brendel is known as being quite a = good technician. I agree with him that under most circumstances pianists = could do a lot to help their cause by learning more about the instrument and = technicians can also benefit from understanding pianistic problems by knowing how to = play. Easier said than done often. I can say unquestionably that although I = am not a concert level pianist, having studied the piano for many years has = helped me enormously in understanding goals of tone production, action design, regulation and balance. </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span = style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p> <div> <p><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span = style='font-size:10.0pt; color:navy'>David Love<br> davidlovepianos@comcast.net </span></font></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original = Message-----<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span = style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>James H Frazee<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January = 12, 2006 8:34 AM<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> An open list for = piano technicians<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> A humble aside = to the Temperment discussions . . .</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 = face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Tahoma><span = style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>First, let me say I've enjoyed every thoughtful contribution to this discussion = and its whole should be presented as the paradigm of what's good about the = PTG and its members.  I want to direct those interested to a book by Alfred Brendel, his collected essays, entitled <u>Alfred Brendel On Music</u>, specifically the chapter titled "Coping with Pianos", ppgs 335f.  In this writing, I quote, "If only one could make some = piano players understand that they would be of greater service to music as = piano technicians!  The training of the tuner should, in any case, put = more emphasis on the artistic education of the ear.  And tuners = should-in my Utopian view-be better pianists.  On the other hand, all pianists = should be expert voicers-if only in self-defence.  A course on the = regulating and voicing of pianos should be obligatory for all piano students at music schools.", end quote.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Tahoma><span = style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'> </span></= font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Tahoma><span = style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>The chapter goes on about the differences and similarities of pianists and technicians and I'd recommend it to your attention.  As a pianist = who has studied at both I.U. and at Juilliard in the night division, I know that = very few pianists have any knowledge of the technician's art and = capabilities.  Other than the crème de la crème, most don't even know how to = describe what they want to us.  Having attended master classes with both Brendel = and Leon Fleischer, I wouldn't doubt that they would enjoy our deliberations = here and might even contribute to them.  I have scanned other books in = my library about and by great pianisits for references to temperments but = to no avail.  I'd be curious if any of you have seen temperments = discussed by them.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Tahoma><span = style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'> </span></= font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 = color=black face=Tahoma><span = style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>I'm a lurker, as they say, but must say Thank You!  to writers like David = Love, Mr. Stein, Ron, virtually every single person who has made this = discussion to fruitful.  </span></font></p> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>