---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 1/11/05 9:17:15 A.M. Central Standard Time, fssturm@unm.edu writes: Yes, absolutely true. As much as we like to think of most pianists as hypochondriacs who don't know what the heck they are talking about (it's a natural defensive response to maintain our own sanity and self-esteem), I find that most pianists I work with only complain when they have a real issue. They may not articulate it well, or in a way that I can readily understand, but there is some truth there somewhere. For that matter, I may decide that what they want is "bad for the piano" (ie, will make it unacceptable to the majority of others) and decline to do it, or at any rate to go as far in a direction as they would like. But I think the best policy is to take any criticism, even an off-hand one, seriously, and to assume that a large number of pianists are "too polite" to tell us what they really think. As hard as it is on the ego of the technician, one might well assume they think you aren't competent to do a better job, so they don't complain for fear you might make it worse. It might not be as much as an issue of actually doing something about it, but when we're dealing with many different pianists, it is hard to adapt one instrument to the different demands of the many. It's one thing to work with one pianist and his/her piano. But to try to change touch or tone to every pianist who comes along might do the piano more harm than good. I am not a pianists, but perhaps that is one reason, as you pointed out, the experienced players will adapt, rather than demand the piano be changed to their needs. Wim ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/c9/df/70/06/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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