About the $325 per piano installation of Wapin --- About the confidentiality agreements Really, we have no choice. We are resellers of an intellectual property. We have a contractual obligation to the University of Cincinnati. It makes no difference that I am the inventor. It's UC's property. Even I do not have the legal right to install Wapin without paying nor do I have the legal right to share know-how with anyone outside the University unless they sign an agreement. This applies even after the patent issues. We are merely a keep alive option for the technology under those specific terms. As far a patents and their value. Imagine a world without intellectual property. Let's just say that Wapin is so great and that UC is giving it to everyone. What do you think would happen to the American piano industry? Who would be the most likely to take up a new technology? What country would likely start producing and markteting pianos with this new technology? Finally, I am not really concerned that a lot of techs are incredulous about our claims. I have been in the Guild long enough to witness the resistance of technological change. I can remember hugh battles when a few techs were enticed into using Sanderson's Sight-O-Tuner. If you are uncomfortable with the idea of Wapin then let it be. It's not for you. If you want to take a wait and see approach that's okay too! -- Michael Wathen Wapin,LLP http://www.wapin.com
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