[CAUT] When to restring...

[tannertuner]

No, I was merely questioning the idea that the expertise of artists who have played pianos the world over is null.
Jeff

--- On Sat, 8/7/10, reggaepass at aol.com <reggaepass at aol.com> wrote:


From: reggaepass at aol.com <reggaepass at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [CAUT] When to restring...
To: caut at ptg.org
Date: Saturday, August 7, 2010, 7:05 PM




Hi Jeff,







Paul,
So, you're saying that artists being pleased by an instrument or a manufacturer's entire product line is a questionable category of judgement?Are you saying that piano manufacturers have attained the highest form of the state of the art that anyone in the industry can imagine, and that therefore there are no worthwhile improvements to be made on what they turn out?


Alan Eder


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From: tannertuner <tannertuner at bellsouth.net>
To: caut at ptg.org
Sent: Fri, Aug 6, 2010 5:47 am
Subject: Re: [CAUT] When to restring...







Paul,
So, you're saying that artists being pleased by an instrument or a manufacturer's entire product line is a questionable category of judgement?
 
And regarding capos being "more important", perhaps that isn't the right word. What word would I use to say "that's where we would correct most of the obvious problems"?
 
Jeff
 

--- On Thu, 8/5/10, PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com <PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com> wrote:





Since manufacturers don't see the cost benefit of bothering with the process, and the newly produced instruments are regarded by artists as as good as exist anywhere, it just seems to be a process that falls into the diminishing rate of returns category. 
Two categories of judgment which are as questionable for reliability as many others. 

Further, I can't imagine we ever dress capos to that level of perfection (being cast iron rather than brass), and they would seem more important than the agraffe.
Interesting call. 

But that's my perception. Not that it isn't a good idea that really looks professional when done. 
If you would hear the difference, you would recognize that this not a cosmetic process. It wouldn't be worth it for that. 

We've debated this before. I have to say, even of the crappiest agraffes I've pulled out of pianos, tone wasn't necessarily a problem where you could say, "this one sounds like a bad agraffe."
It's just another small contribution to the whole, Jeff. I'll say again, as I have many times, I have nothing to gain here by being responsive. We'd be idiots to try to sell something related to this. But the tonal difference is audible and (becoming more) measurable.
 
Paul

Jeff
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