<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE></STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=MailContainerBody style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; = COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 15px; FONT-STYLE: = normal; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; = BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: = none" leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 acc_role="text" CanvasTabStop="true" name="Compose message area"> <DIV> <DIV>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.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>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.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>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.  </DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>