marketing a patented tuning Was OnlyPure

[William R. Monroe]

I think Alan hit this on the head by saying that this new improved tuning,
as it were, is quite likely not so improved over the way the rest of the
world tunes (and perhaps not so original, as others have alluded).

Think for a moment, how many clients, (performers or otherwise) know their
instrument is out of tune.  Consider now, how many of those can tell the
difference from one temperament to the next.  Consider now, those who can
discern if some of your thirds are not quite right.  Consider now, how many
can tell if Bernhard Stopper tunes their piano, or anyone else in the world.
Consider now, how many of these who say they can tell the difference at any
of these levels really can.

Seriously - and no, Bernhard, we are not joking around hear to allay fears -
the number of clients in the world, let alone in my area, that could
possibly tell the difference, is so absurdly small (nonexistent here), as to
be laughable.  The end result of your trying to patent this method is to
alienate many in the industry by your pretensions.  And for what.  I say
again, people who cannot differentiate on this level sure as hell aren't
going to pay more for that Stopper Tuning.  Those who might pay more, in
most cases, are paying for ostentation and tongue fodder, "I have this
instrument tuned in the Purely Whatever, it is the best in the world."

Even when you can tell, by analyzing intervals etc., see what happens during
the performance.  I doubt anyone will hear a thing, except that your unisons
are not clean.

Just my not so humble opinion.

William R. Monroe



---- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bernhard Stopper" <b98tu@t-online.de>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: marketing a patented tuning Was OnlyPure


> OK, kidding is a normal reaction to suppress fear.
>
> And if one reads the reactions on this list about patenting a tuning
method,
> it seems that everybody feels pissed on by this.
>
> But let me tell, that there are already many serious colleagues who see
the
> marketing chance of a protected method.
>
> You can easily ask more for a high valued work and get much higher paid
than
> you pay  license fees.
>
> Professional music business is also often big money business. Do you know
> what a world class pianist asks for a concert evening?
>
> And the tuner who makes the work to get the pianist fly, is the asshole
for
> some bucks.
>
> Same big money business for professional CDs. Suppose you get a job for a
> recording session. And suppose, OnlyPure is a synonyme for protected
quality
> like dolby. The CD label will be interested to use the OnlyPure mark on
the
> CD. Thus, they pay for the use of the mark, and the tuner will be
> participated. Sounds good, doesn´t?
>
> If an enhanced method is protected by patenting, there is a good chance,
to
> ask a price that relates more to the quality and importance of the work
> done.
>
> To license a good product is a chance for a good deal, not a bad deal.
>
> regards,
>
> Bernhard Stopper
>
> http://www.onlypure.info
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "William Ballard" <yardbird@vermontel.net>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 3:12 AM
> Subject: Re: Was OnlyPure not (flame time?)
>
>
> > At 2:27 PM -0400 4/15/05, A440A@aol.com wrote:
> >><< or pitch-shimming. >>
> >>Now,  I like that term!!
> >
> > Just to let you know, I have a patent pending on the technique. <g>
> >
> > At 11:59 AM -0700 4/15/05, David Andersen wrote:
> >>Ooohhh, I do too....does it mean supersmall changes in the pitch of a
> >>3-string unison?
> >
> > The technique is the same regardless of whether the pitch correction is
> > fingernail size or 15-lb turkey size. But the royalty is based on the
> > pitch correction.
> >
> > Seriously, I described it in the 1/97 PTJ, as well as on this list. I
> > stumbled on it three years out of N. Bennet Street, and its versatility
> > continues to amaze me.
> >
> > MasterCard, Visa, DiscoverCard, all the major plastics.
> >
> > Bill Ballard RPT
> > NH Chapter, P.T.G.
> >
> > "A man who tells the truth is bound to be found out sooner or later."
> >     ...........Uncle Harry in "The Tailor of Panama"
> > +++++++++++++++++++++
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