Will - I know that the last thing you wanted was a response, but, sometimes, you have to let these things play out themselves. Of course, it's unfortunate when emotions are unnecessarily provoked, and frustrating when people seem to be talking past one-another. But, sometimes, I think it's worth taking the time to think about and gently and respectfully (when possible) challenge fuzzy or illogical thinking. It's when someone can convincingly demonstrate that they have no inclination to thoughtfully consider what others are saying that the discourse should be put to bed, taken out, put down, terminated. While I might agree with William Monroe's proposition that, assuming it takes little extra effort to achieve becket uniformity, why would one challenge one's (hopefully) basic impulse to accomplish such an aesthetic, I do take some issue with the accuracy of his analogy of the keyboard, the fundamental difference being both the degree of direct interaction with the player and visibility to the observer. It is much more likely that irregularity in the key work would be noted than the beckets under the music desk. Still, both David Love's and Jon Page's last posts on this are entirely relevant. David Skolnik At 05:28 PM 10/5/2009, you wrote: >Gentlemen: > >With due respect to all parties engaged in this >beastly becket brouhaha, the phrase “flogging >a dead horse†seems to come to mind with each new post. AHEM. > >Will Truitt > >From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org >[mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of William R. Monroe >Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 2:22 PM >To: pianotech at ptg.org >Subject: Re: [pianotech] pianotech Digest, Vol 12, Issue 54 > >Israel, would you respond directly to the idea >that since it takes no more time, why not align >beckets? I do see a pretty even parallel to >beckets lined up and notches in keys being >square and even. Both aesthetic. Would you not >be disappointed in a keytop job that wasn't >filed square? Couldn't the argument be made >that I just don't care to fuss over that detail, >so don't be condescending to me. In fact, >that even adds time to the job, and Mary has a mortgage to pay.. ;-) > >William R. Monroe -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091005/bfdd4fa7/attachment.htm>
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