Choosing to Condemn

[JIMRPT@aol.com]

In a message dated 27/11/02 7:37:24 AM, tito@philbondi.com writes:

<< I have had a number of people tell me that they feel it's important that 
you

be able to play the piano if you're going to work on it. >>

hmmmmmmm...... my standard reply to this type comment is to ask them if they 
have ever flown in an airplane....then when they say "yes" I ask them how 
many of the workers who built the thing they thought would be pilots? Other 
professions not dealt with the same way? Heart Surgeons who have never had 
heart trouble....etc.
 Being able to play the piano has real advantages but is not needful for 
excellent work by the non player. The player brings, quite naturally, their 
own set of musical prejudices to their work whereas the non player can just 
listen to what the pinao tells them without being filtered through those same 
built-in prejudices.
 Being able to "noodle", as Wim puts it, on the thingee after tuning is 
really all that is needful....though I respect other opinion on this I 
needn't agree with it.....if I did I would have to refund an awful lot of 
tuning checks! :-)
Jim Bryant (FL)