----- Original Message ----- From: Mike and Jane Spalding <mjbkspal@execpc.com> To: Don <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca> Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 10:41 AM Subject: Re: Temperament LIst, was OT - Florida Update HI Don, I understand, and agree, about signal-to-noise. The difficulty is in categorization, since one person's signal is another's noise. We've had this same conversation, recently, on the topic of refinishing. Some do, some don't, some are interested, some are not. Very hard to decide if it belongs on the list or not. To a large extent, the list decides by consensus: If one's refinishing post elicits no response, or negative response, the reasonable member will conclude that the list as a whole is not interested, and he/she will take the refinishing discussion to a different forum. On the other hand, when the same two people hurl the same insults at each other day after day, week after week, month after ... well, you get the idea, I'd be willing to bet that the number of list members who feel THAT belongs on the list is less than or equal to two. just my 2 cents Mike Spalding, RPT ----- Original Message ----- From: Don <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca> To: Mike and Jane Spalding <mjbkspal@execpc.com>; Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 10:05 AM Subject: Re: Temperament LIst, was OT - Florida Update > Hi Mike, > > The signal to noise ratio on pianotech has caused and will cause more and > more of the members to leave, thus weakening the whole list. We are mostly > independant business people and very used to having our own way. At the > same time the list is very much like the game "telegraph" where in a group > you whisper something into someone's ear--and they tell the next person. > Usually by the time it has passed thru ten persons what is being said can > not be recognized as the original topic by the originator. > > There are always some new subscribers. We should be very careful about > "leading persons down the garden path". I, for example, will never ever > replace a soundboard. Terry Farrell will. > > The whole area of HT is very cloudy to say the least from a historian point > of view. The research done in the area has not been independantly > duplicated, so far as I know. What information there is has often been > "massaged", "rounded off" and perhaps even "improved". There are few "hard > facts" and almost no recordings that could be analysed. > > Personally I'd rather work on "seventh dragron" unisons, and octaves that > enhance the sound of the instrument. > > At 08:58 AM 9/14/02 -0500, you wrote: > >Don, > > > >Here's why not. Temperaments, historical or otherwise, are a valid topic > for Pianotech, and are of interest to a large number of subscribers. > Repeated repetitive hysterical personal attacks, for any reason, including > temperament disagreements, are NOT. > > > >cheers, > > > >Mike Spalding RPT > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Don <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca> > >To: Alan R. Barnard <mathstar@salemnet.com>; Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> > >Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 1:53 AM > >Subject: Re: OT - Florida Update > > > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> Why not set up a temperament list? > >> > >> At 09:14 PM 9/13/02 -0500, you wrote: > >> > >> >And BTW list, does HT stand for Historical Temperament or Historical > >> >Tantrum? I don't know about everyone else, but I'd like to see one of > these > >> >options exercised: > >> > > >> >1. Drop it. > >> >2. Kiss and make up. > >> >3. Take the debates private. > >> >4. Duke it out with hand grenades at 5 paces. > >> > >> > >> Regards, > >> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. > >> > >> mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca > >> > >> http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ > >> > >> 3004 Grant Rd. > >> REGINA, SK > >> S4S 5G7 > >> 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner > >> _______________________________________________ > >> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >> > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > > Regards, > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. > > mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca > > http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ > > 3004 Grant Rd. > REGINA, SK > S4S 5G7 > 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner >
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