---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment =20 In a message dated 10/5/2005 2:18:04 P.M. Central Standard Time, =20 dporritt@mail.smu.edu writes: Why would we discredit this music that has been accepted by many top=20 musicians. It makes us look like Luddites. We certainly have the right to= like it,=20 or dislike it and we have a responsibility to try to protect the instrument= s=20 but if a student wants to play it and the teacher encourages it I don=E2= =80=99t=20 think they look to us to be the musicologists. As I=E2=80=99ve mentioned b= efore it=E2=80=99s=20 their job to play the music, and our job to repair the damage.=20 dp Dave =20 I agree that we should not judge the music. There are several types of musi= c=20 I don't care for, but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate the talent of th= e=20 composer or the performer. (I don't like opera and Bartok string quartets).=20= =20 But in addition to repairing the damage, we should also do preventive=20 education. I think what Jeff is trying to do is commendable. We should work= with=20 students and faculty to help them understand how to properly "prep" a piano= , so=20 as not to damage it.=20 =20 Wim =20 Willem Blees RPT Piano Tuner/Technician School of Music University of Alabama ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/d0/4a/f0/7b/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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