In a message dated 27/11/02 10:12:52 AM, dm.porritt@verizon.net writes: <<"I don't see how knowing how to play would be a detriment to being a good technician. dave">> <<"But I don't see how being able to play could do anything but improve your abilities as a technician. David Love">> dave and Dave, et al; I don't think I have said that not playing makes one a 'better' technician nor have I said that playing makes one an 'inferior' technician.....If I have worded anything that leads one to think that it was unintentional........ Prejudice/Preference/Choice are all entwined in our daily lives. Training as a pianist tends to lead one to "prefer", be "prejudiced" toward, certain tonal colors and this will carry over into our 'perceptions' and 'expectations' in our work on pianos....in turn this will affect what we do as a matter of course. This 'Prejudice/Preference/Choice' is a part of our experiential base and to deny it is to allow it to 'rule' rather than 'guide'....... I don't know how to say it any other way.......course what I say doesn't count because I don't play myself. :-) Jim Bryant (FL)
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