<!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> <DIV>Ron,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>While I'm probably not as technically astute as many others on this list(yet), I always have learned something new from your posts.  Y= ou seem to be one of the few people on this list whose only agenda here is the advancement of piano technology.  I hope your vacation from this list i= s brief, though it would be easy to understand if you made it a long one.</DIV= > <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Looks like I'll have to keep an eye on your website.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks for all the shared knowledge,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 2/19/05 8:30:54 PM Pacific Standard Time, sec@overspianos.com.au writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2> <DIV>Its Ron Overs here,</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Mr Brekne wrote:</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">Yes Ron, actually my words do encourag= e one and all  (misguided or not) to explore the world of piano sound to = the fullest.</BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>The above remark was in reply to me, Ron Overs, not Ron Nossaman.</DI= V> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I don't accept your spin!  Your words certainly don't encourage = me to do anything, apart from getting my 'blood up'. But I have no doubt that= this will give you some degree of satisfaction.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Yesterday, I concluded a post with the following.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">Knowledge in our discipline is expandi= ng all the time. We are living at a time when 300 years of combined thinking ha= s resulted in what we have come to know as the modern piano. It is essenti= al that this thinking and evolution should be allowed to continue.<B> Furth= er progress remains possible as long as we don't let the politics of the currently-successful ones get in the way</B>. We must always endeavour t= o work out what is a worthwhile design feature, and what might be a dead e= nd idea. The black art of piano design is fascinating, and there remains an= ocean of improvements waiting to be found. As with the evolution of spec= ies, many subspecies will come and go like the Dodo. Not all will be bad idea= s, and some may be worthy of resurrection. But new Dodos will come along as= well. We must use our judgement to establish what we believe to be the b= est combination of established practice, past practice and future possibilit= ies. Getting the three together in the best proportion, when building a new instrument, can be somewhat akin to jumping off a cliff in the hope that= there is a soft landing at the bottom, and not just rocks.</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">You also have to contend with a multit= ude of 'technical' opinion, which sometimes hasn't even been down the 'thinking= road' you have taken. So often this chorus will discount the new idea ju= st because it is different and 'not the way' their favourite manufacturer d= oes it. It doesn't necessarily mean that the new idea hasn't got merit, but = you have to somehow carry on through the 'thunderstorm' of disbelief which surrounds you.</BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>In the last paragraph, from yesterday's post (above), my reference to= 'technical opinion' referred in particular to that of Richard Brekne, who likes to put out his 'Mr nice guy' spin on the surface, while he calls int= o question the work of any who might dare to work towards a 'better mouse-tr= ap'. Maybe Terry Farrell or Dale Erwin will be his next target (although I thin= k he's already done Dale once before - and I know that Ron N's had a little taste and Del's gone).</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Unfortunately, I believe that the pianotech list has become for me a waste of time and effort. In this instance, I am failing to carry on throu= gh the 'thunderstorm' of disbelief.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Some of us have foregone so much income opportunity to the further st= udy of the instrument, and I sometimes wonder why, since it doesn't seem to be= appreciated? As we all know, certain people were much smarter back in 1900.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I am beginning to understand why Del has given this list a wide berth= in recent times. A worthy contributor has gone missing thanks in part to the background noise that keeps coming from Brekne, who's banter never lets up.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>A large number of Pianotech subscribers have made worthy contribution= s over the few years that I have taken part. Thank you for your generosity.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I'm getting out of here for a while.</DIV> <DIV>Feb 20, 2005</DIV> <DIV>Ron Overs.</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>