[CAUT] to sign or not to sign

[Aaron Bousel]

David,
The attachment is a .vcf file (virtual card file) that some email 
programs automatically attach to messages. The file contains basic 
contact information. T&C/!ntellect has an association with those 
files so that clicking on a .vcf file automatically gives you the 
opportunity to add the senders to you database.

For more information (more that you'd likely care or need to know):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCard

Aaron

At 10:27 PM 2/5/2009, you wrote:
>Paul,
>
>When I click on your attachment, my Time & Chaos/!ntellect opens up 
>and a John Chapman is displayed...address, phone numbers etc.   I'm 
>curious as how that happened and has anyone else had that happen...????
>
>David Ilvedson, RPTPacifica, CA 94044
>Original messageFrom: "Paul T Williams"  To: caut at ptg.orgReceived: 
>2/3/2009 6:27:44 AMSubject: Re: [CAUT] to sign or not to sign
>
>I'm not sure if it adds or subtracts value.  We have three signed 
>grands here. One 1932 L signed by Charles Steinway, a 20 year old B 
>by the youngest Steinway, and our 56 Baldwin D has Iturbi's name on 
>it.  When I rebuilt the L, we taped over the signature of Charles 
>when re-bronzing to preserve it.  I think it WOULD add some value, 
>although how much is anyone's guess. I might think it would look a 
>bit messy to have many signatures on one grand. I'd leave the new 
>one alone.....for a few years   Too bad you don't have Rubenstein's 
>sig on your piano.  I would think it would definately add value. Do 
>any of you date and sign pianos when tuning.  I often see really old 
>signatures on upright plates.  I once had a customer with a 1900 
>something-or-other with a date of someone in  Nome, AK dated 
>1909.  No bullet holes in it, so it must have been in a missionary 
>house in those days.  what else was in Nome then, missionaries, 
>brothels and saloons! Paul
>"John D. Chapman" <johnchapman at asolare.org> Sent by: caut-bounces at ptg.org
>
>02/03/2009 05:31 AM
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>Our university music department (Wake Forest University in 
>Winston-Salem, North Carolina) just bought a new Steinway D.  This 
>has started an unexpected discussion.  Our old S&SD was bought in 
>1968 for a concert by Authur Rubinstein.  During the last few years, 
>when a concert was given on this piano by a noteworthy pianist, that 
>pianist was asked to sign the plate with a black sharpie.  Among the 
>signatures are Stephen Hough, Ruth Loredo, Alicia de Larrocha, 
>Menachem Pressler, Richard Goode, Philippe Entremont, Arcadi 
>Volodos, and Mark Andre Hamlin.  Some of our students and faculty 
>are thrilled to see those signatures as reminders that the piano 
>they are playing has been played by such great pianists.  Others 
>think it degrades the piano.  The discussion is: do we want to 
>continue this practice of plate signing on the new S&S D. Someone 
>asked if it increases or decreases the value of the piano. (Probably 
>not either way.) What are your thoughts on this?John D. ChapmanWake 
>Forest UniversityWinston-Salem NC 27109


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