[CAUT] A Project that might Work AND Pianopedia

[Ed Sutton]

Fred-
Well said!
Ed
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Sturm" <fssturm at unm.edu>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] A Project that might Work AND Pianopedia


> On Jul 22, 2008, at 8:58 AM, Ed Sutton wrote:
> 
>> Again, I see this as being a CAUT/PTG project which establishes  
>> which seeks to develop some fairly high-level material which  
>> represents "CAUT Standards of Piano Maintenance." My impression is  
>> that Fred is planning an independent and very different project, but  
>> Fred should speak to that.
> 
> Briefly, these are two separate projects. I support, and am willing  
> to participate in, both. It is conceivable that the two projects could  
> overlap in certain ways, but one (Ed's) is looking more at content,  
> the other (Fred's) at an internet space and interface (to facilitate  
> any number of things in the long run). The space will need content,  
> and Ed's project would provide some. Otherwise, we are talking apples  
> and oranges. Though I might suggest that the need for Ed's project  
> could be said to arise from the lack of Fred's project (maybe that  
> will be a more accurate statement a few years down the line).
> Ed's project is more concrete. Fred's is more, dare I say it,  
> "visionary" (some will say unrealistic, but that's just their opinion  
> <G>). Or you could reverse that and say that Ed's is more visionary  
> (taking the whole of piano technology and developing a refined  
> compendium of techniques), and Fred's is more concrete and pedestrian  
> (merely establishing a medium in which content can be organized and  
> displayed).
> Did I clarify or obfuscate the matter? (No need to answer.).
> 
> Regards,
> Fred Sturm
> University of New Mexico
> fssturm at unm.edu
> 
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