Copyright

[David Boyce]

Oh I agree!

In all the minutae of Copyright Law, I don't mean to lose sight of the fact 
that all tuners should buy their own copy of Pierce, or, in Britain, The UK 
Piano Atlas (or the respective European and Japanese equivalentrs in the 
relevant lands).

It looks, and is, professional to carry it with you, and I've lost count of 
the number of times I've referred to my UK Piano Atlas in a customer's home.

Mind you, for late 1800s and early 1900s cheap uprights, there was such a 
voluminous cottage industry of small workshops churning them out in England 
that many makes are simply not listed, being too small and too 
long-vanished. In those cases you have to just estimate from the design. 
Mostly, too, they ought to be burnt.

Best,

David.


...and we (that is, anyone considering themselves a professional piano 
technician) should all own copies of the Piecre Atlas.  It is a standard 
tool.  When you finish servicing Mrs. Smith's piano and she asks you if you 
know how old it is, a copy of the atlas in your hand is the thing that 
enables you to answer on the spot, with some authority.


Alan Eder





-----Original Message-----
From: David Boyce <David at piano.plus.com>
To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 1:33 am
Subject: Re: Copyright


SNIP

I am not here arguing, of course for wholesale dispensing on here of lists 
of numbers found in Pierce - we should all be "gentlemanly"...

SNIP

Best regards,

David.