<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>RE: New Book - was RCT vs....</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"/> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class="hmmessage"> If I've got a decent piano relatively in tune I can always do my best.   Don't throw perfection at me with a pitch raise and a non-maintained piano...you can throw "it gets me close enough" in that situation... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 <div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; border-left: #000000 3px solid; padding-top: 5px"> <hr/>Original message From: "Ron Koval" <drwoodwind@hotmail.com> </drwoodwind@hotmail.com> To: pianotech@ptg.org Received: 12/3/2007 8:48:23 AM Subject: New Book - was RCT vs.... Hi all,   I just wanted to pass this along.   <a href="http://grandobsession.com/synopsis/synopsis.html">http://grandobsession.com/synopsis/synopsis.html</a>   Whenever I read some of the tuning discussions, the phrase "It gets me close enough" just kindof ... well, I wanted to share a road to discovery from a piano owner who found that "close enough" just wasn't good enough.  The author has been active on some of the online piano-related forums for years and has spent a good amount of time educating herself in all things pianos.  The book isn't out yet, but should be soon.   Even though the bulk of many of our days may be filled with "grunt tunings" it is always a good thing (if only for ourselves!) to strive for the best, be it machine, ears, or technique. Not suggesting that you give away time for free, just wondering if it is possible to get better results in the same amount of time?      Ron Koval Chicagoland <hr/>Get the power of Windows + Web with the new Windows Live. <a href="http://www.windowslive.com/?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_Wave2_powerofwindows_112007" target="_new">Power up!</a> </div> </body> </html>