Hi Bill I rarely post on this list, I'm one of those lurkers but I find you an interesting personalitiy and I would like to share a few thoughts with the list. I think you misunderstand what the list finds so annoying with you. In reading your posts I get the feeling that you think you are the little boy pointing out that the emperor has no clothes and that responses to your posts are attempts to censor you. As far as I know this is an open forum for those interested in the subject of piano technology and I don't think anyone is interested in censoring you or being censored by you. Whether or not someone follows your particular philosophy or not doesn't make that person full of baloney, just different. For the sake of argument, just suppose Jim Bryant really thinks the Steinway 1098 is a piece of junk and expresses that particular sentiment in a post. I don't feel threated by his opinion, it doesn't change how I feel about the 1098, in fact, I have no emotional response to what is just another opinion. I think you need to ask yourself why you care if someone expresses an opinion that is different than yours. Dave Severance RPT Dept of Music and Theater Arts Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164 At 10:40 AM 4/15/98 EDT, you wrote: >In a message dated 98-04-15 10:08:43 EDT, you write: > ><< List: > Speaking of wasted bandwidth, this whole tirade is a waste. If the entire >list were to ignore this "BB in a barrel" , he would soon tire of bellowing , >and crawl off to his shell and leave the decent folk alone....(snip)>> > >>Why do you just HAVE to comment when you don't really have an answer to his >>question? > >What tirade? Anybody see a tirade? How about answering the guy's question >instead of just saying how bad the piano is and giving him the impression that >it can't be tuned? > >Yes, it is a more difficult piano to tune but there are ways around it. I >have given my own suggestions and others are giving theirs, including Jim. >What should be shunned and ignored are categorical condemnations of piano >brands, particular models or any individual's workmanship. > >I haven't been too active on the List lately because of an extremely heavy >workload and travel that keeps me away. I have learned quite some time ago >whose posts to simply delete without reading. Generally yours are worthwhile, >Les with the exception of this one. Let's see you answer the question, not >launch into your own tirade. > >Jim's posts are often very good and so I do read most of them but don't have >time to answer them all. Any post however which does nothing more than create >the impression that certain pianos, as a group, are poorly made and can't be >tuned is about the most negative thing which could be published with regards >to our profession. > >You can be sure that if I see that kind of comment, I'll have one of my own. >If I choose to unsubscribe, it will be beacuase I neither have the time nor >that I see the value in remaining a subscriber, not because of pressure from >those who do not like my comments. > >Bill Bremmer RPT >Madison, Wisconsin > >
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