[pianotech] Yamaha Hammer Suggestion

[William Truitt]

Right on, Ron.  The pianos that I have learned the most from are the ones
that kicked my ass for the longest time, and where the answers came hard - I
had to steal the piano's secrets.  But I learned because I really had to
think things through, and challenge even my basic assumptions.  And I too
wait until I've tapped out my own resources before asking for the thoughts
of others.  Even if I think I know the answer, I will still seek the
perspective of others, as they can flesh things out more and give you more
detail.  We are uniquely blessed to have this precious resource in the forum
to use as that soundboard.  

Will Truitt


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 4:06 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Yamaha Hammer Suggestion

Steven Hopp wrote:
>Thank you and I will take all responses from here 
> at face value and use what I can.  Forgive me.

No problem. Gotta start somewhere, and the beginning is after 
all, the beginning. This isn't a factor in this instance, but 
what I see helping in the long term in these situations is an 
attempted analysis (presuming *any* past experience), 
indicating that thought was given and an attempt was made 
before phoning in. I see people who have been appearing on the 
list for a long time "phoning in" first thing, asking knee 
jerk questions that they ought to be able to figure out for 
themselves, and have no sympathy at all for that. I find that 
exhausting everything in my experience and imagination before 
giving up in despair and asking for help usually results in my 
stumbling onto the cause from which I can work out something 
that takes care of it - eliminating the need to ask for help. 
Not everyone's such a hardhead, but I really hate being 
outsmarted by inanimate objects, and it happens altogether too 
often. Something totally outside my experience is different, 
and I'll ask for basic information before just barging in and 
screwing it up (usually).

Bottom line is that no one knows even 0.00000001% of ANYTHING, 
so we have to work out our own individual reality however we can.

Another kit.
Ron N