[CAUT] A Project that might Work

[Ed Sutton]

David-

My response to Wim was shaped by his offer to write an article about the rep. spring. It was meant to clarify that this project wouldn't involve writing new articles, but would involve researching the archives to "harvest" material. It was not a specific suggestion, but an attempt to show how the process might work.

Part of the project would involve deciding on a list of topics to research in the archives. I don't think we should try to decide that now. I did propose a general range of topics which I feel would be of value, and would constitute a first attempt at extracting and organizing material from the CAUT archives.

At this point I feel we need to assess how many people are willing to volunteer to do the work, and whether the CAUT Committee wants to sponsor it.

A monthly Journal installment provides deadlines and a purpose. That need not be the end of the project. The material produced could be gathered into a book, and/or the topics could serve as a first level of organization under which more material could be compiled if the project disclosed more detail than could be used in the first compilation.

Assuming that my proposal is 1) interesting and 2) feasible, it remains to be seen if enough people are interested in following through.

Ed Sutton


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Skolnik 
  To: College and University Technicians 
  Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 4:05 PM
  Subject: Re: [CAUT] A Project that might Work




  Eric / Ed -
  Eric, is it fair to assume you have read both of Ed's posts on the subject?  It sounds, from the way I read the second, which was a clarification to Wim, like he is suggesting a very specific 'trial' topic, to see just how the process would work.   I wonder, in fact, what the harvesting, and digestion process would entail, but I'm foolish enough to be interested. You wouldn't want to leave it up to the individual search skills of the volunteer, right? You'd need to have some method.

  Ed - as you go along, I would like to see you refine / clarify the focus distinctions between the Journal, CAUT site, pianopedia, and refinements in list functioning.  I'm not sure the initiative can or should be targeted equally.  You want to harvest the list and create a definitive document, but, in theory, you need to know whether that definitiveness reflects all that was found on CAUT, or whether additional information would be added, if the CAUT data was found wanting.  And again, would this ignore information available on pianotech?

  Just some idle thoughts.

  Regards 

  David Skolnik

  I'm having more trouble lately deciding what to quote and what to cut.




  At 02:55 PM 7/21/2008, Eric wrote:

    Hi Ed,
     
    This seems like a great idea to me and I will run it by the committee to find a volunteer to coordinate such an effort. Perhaps it could be compiled and edited into topics which could be formatted and posted on the CAUT website as well. In this form it could be the beginnings of a pianopaedia forum with relevant technical info from identified authors which could grow.
     
    Eric
     
    Eric Wolfley, RPT
    Director of Piano Services
    College-Conservatory of Music
    University of Cincinnati
    From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [ mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ed Sutton
    Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 2:27 PM
    To: College and University Technicians
    Subject: [CAUT] A Project that might Work
     
    Dear CAUT List Folks-
     
    Over the past year the Journal has used gracious contributions of the CAUT Committee to expand our technical coverage.
    In particular, Fred Sturm has given us the use of his posts (edited by him, and a then little more by us) to show some methods of efficient institutional maintenance. Kent Swafford is currently compiling some earlier posts about sostenuto regulation (real tech posts about real regulation problems!), which we will soon publish. It would be wonderful if the Journal were to receive similar contributions on technical topics for an extended period.
     
    A general range of topics could be: Institutional piano maintenance, Tuning, voicing, regulating the high performance piano.
     
    I am suggesting the most productive effort would be focused on the practical daily work of the college technician. Other topics might eventually be covered under a different sponsor.
     
    Articles should mostly be about generally accepted technical practice which can be replicated and tested, and any unusual opinions should clearly be identified as such.
     
    The CAUT Committee would have  authority to review/plan/make topic assignments  for the project.
     
    The CAUT Committee and Journal editors will create a "template" for the articles, which should facilitate production.
     
    The Journal editors will contribute editing, spelling and photo shop skills to the project.
     
    If we can agree on this model, or some modification of it, and get approval from the CAUT Committee, we can proceed to the next levels of development, such as listing possible topics, discussing how to extract the material, assigning writers, etc.
     
    I would like to hear responses to this idea.
     
    [Please don't use clever names and cute phrases. I can't understand them.]
     
    Thank you!
     
    Ed Sutton
    writing now as editor of PTJournal
     
     
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