<!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 content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16609" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Patrick-</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, given how my mortal existance is being used up in relentlessly flowing 24 hour days, I</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> find myself asking what is the best investment of the time I have to try to improve myself before it's too late.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Should I read and study every page of this book, study Dan Levitan's recent Lectures on Aural Tuning, or just invest a bit more time and effort checking and tuning unisons in octave 7? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am not smart enough to answer this question with certainty, so I dabble at all three as the mood strikes. Clearly I will not live long enough to learn everything about pianos.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed Sutton</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jpdraine@gmail.com href="mailto:jpdraine@gmail.com">J Patrick Draine</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=ed440@mindspring.com href="mailto:ed440@mindspring.com">Ed Sutton</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 01, 2008 6:17 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Theory and practice of piano tuning by Brian Capleton</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hmmmm, coming from someone who hopes to review the book whenever you can actually get through it (and you apparently started months ago), sounds a bit like you consider this an unreadable tome??<BR>Patrick Draine <DIV><BR> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Ed Sutton <<A href="mailto:ed440@mindspring.com">ed440@mindspring.com</A>> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <DIV bgcolor="#ffffff"> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd be curious to know if anyone has been reading the book, finding it helpful, and how. It certainly presents itself as the ultimate authoritative text for the Artist/Scientist/Master/Doctor of Pianotunology. And maybe it is.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV><FONT color=#888888> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed Sutton</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>