<!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 6.00.2712.300" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>There has been a lot said lately about voicing, voicing techniques, tools, preferences etc.  I had an interesting experience this past week.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Some of our students were doing a recital of Spanish composers in the auditorium of our museum.  They had a time to practice and try the piano at 10:00 and I was to tune at 11:30.  Obviously they were still practicing when I came in.  I noticed that the piano was pretty bright for my tastes and said something about it.  They said that it was just right for the music they were going to be playing.  I said OK and proceeded to tune.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Twenty minutes later they all came back _with their teacher_ to make sure I wasn't going to voice the piano down.  Another reminder that while we have our opinions, the people who are doing the playing have to have the final say.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>dave</DIV></BODY></HTML> <PRE> _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________</PRE>