<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Verdana" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV>List,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wow, I go for a hike on a hazy Sunday afternoon, and come back to find = an amazing amount of mail generated by my original posting.  It was really a whine about a customer wanting to control my way of doing my job--w= hich was, in essence, my fault for letting him get away with it.  My ignoran= ce in certain matters related to the use of my ETD came through as well.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Most of the responses drifted back to the "etd vs. ear" battle that has= been going on forever.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks to everyone's input, and very different perspectives.  Ric,= Andre, multiple Daves and Davids (many of whom, including myself, will be at= the Sacto conference), and others, I thank all of you for invaluable insight int= o the craft we all strive to perfect.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>And most of all, I  thank Brad Smith for his ability to put himsel= f in the shoes of others and really hear what I was talking about and respond to = it despite my inability to articulate what it was that was really bothering me about the whole thing.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937020317-05022005><FONT size=2>This topic has nothing = to do with stretching octaves.   :-)   </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937020317-05022005><FONT size=2>It is a matter of liste= ning to the client as much as listening to the piano. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937020317-05022005><FONT size=2>I feel your pain, and n= one of us is immune to this type of situation. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937020317-05022005><FONT size=2></FONT></SPAN> </D= IV> <DIV><SPAN class=937020317-05022005>That's a pretty good summary of what m= y encounter was all about!</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937020317-05022005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937020317-05022005>Thanks again, gurus, I'll see som= e of you at David Anderson's booth looking for a bit of wisdom.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937020317-05022005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937020317-05022005>Humbly yours,</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937020317-05022005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937020317-05022005>Dave Stahl</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937020317-05022005></SPAN><SPAN class=937020317-05022005></SPAN> </DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>