<!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 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey, Bill. You spelled = "Brrahhhh-pa-pa-pa-pahhhh" wrong.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks to you and to all who posted the = thoughtful and helpful comments to my tuning the F33-A37 question. This work truly = is more art than science, I guess. But heaven help someone who doesn't = understand at least the basic science or refuses to learn the art!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=SidewaysWell1713@aol.com href="mailto:SidewaysWell1713@aol.com">SidewaysWell1713@aol.com</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 23, = 2002 2:44 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Apologies to Bill = Bremmer: not necessary</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 9/23/02 10:51:19 AM Central Daylight Time, <A href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A> = writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">My apologies. <BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial = color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 = face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">That was neither = necessary nor expected.  From the very day I ever wrote something on this list, = people have said that kind of thing to me.  I viewed it as the kind of = "pecking order" found in a chicken coop and said so.  You can imagine the = kind of uproar that provoked. Brrahhhh-pa-pa-pa-pahhhh! <BR><BR>I certainly = don't know everything there is to know about tuning but I do want to continue to = explore all possibilities.  Where the resistance comes from is those who = think there is nothing more to explore.  They resort to ridicule and = character assassination but don't recognize it when it is thrown back at them. <BR><BR>Anyone who expects me to tuck my tail and meekly back down in = the face of those kinds of taunts is expecting something from me that will = never happen. <BR><BR>I'd rather answer the questions I know the answers to, = pose some of my own from time to time and talk about progress in piano = technology.  I don't mind humor but those who wish things were like they used = to be want a chat room full of good ol' boys who all think they know it all = and so therefore, have nothing to discuss but off topic material and are = ready to pounce upon anyone who doesn't seem to fit in with their little = clique. <BR><BR>I have my own ideas about tuning and my own way of handling = that kind of asocial pressure.  There is plenty on this list I don't have = time to read and am not interested in.  As someone recently said, I don't = mind deleting and don't care at all if I am deleted. <BR><BR><BR>Bill = Bremmer RPT <BR>Madison, Wisconsin <BR><A = href="http://www.billbremmer.com/">Click here: -=w w w . b i l l b r e m m e r . c o m =-</A> </FONT><FONT = lang=0 face=Arial color=#0f0f0f size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML= >