Fred Sturm wrote: > > Me, I find that the question of who prepped the piano is far more > important than what name is on the decal. I've seen what Ron Overs does > with a Samick belly and rim, what Darrel Fandrich does with Bohemia, > just to name a couple examples. Fred, Are you really under the impression that Ron's piano was just a well prepped stock Samick? That would truly put you at the far boundary of "doesn't have the vaguest idea what he's talking about". > But I sure would like to see us lose this tendency to bash. Why? > What good does it do you? What good does universal Steinway worship do *anyone* (except Steinway) when anyone even marginally competent to be working on them is well aware of their list of problems? It's been demonstrated in education these many years that unconditional praise and support ultimately produces and reinforces mediocre performance. Some would call it a recipe for making monsters, and I'd have to agree. I've met 'em. Constructive and, for lack of a less glandular word, rationally *corrective* critique has always been a more effective educational approach. Rational corrective critique, from those who have actually been there and done that, is unfortunately an altogether too rare treat. "Been there and done that" would be the qualifying criteria here. >Would we all be better off if S&S closed its > doors? The devil you know, or nothing? That's a pretty grim prognosis for any hope of improvement, and a pretty crude dodge. >Why not think for a few minutes before sending that kind of > diatribe out into public cyberspace? > Regards, > Fred Sturm > University of New Mexico > fssturm at unm.edu Gee, that's what I was about to say. Learn the material, then teach. Ron N
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