[pianotech] Fork and piano temp. and pitch

[Ron Nossaman]

On 2/21/2013 9:28 PM, David Love wrote:

> I think what's really important here is that if I ever hear of
> someone looking for a consolidated group of type A personalities, say
> for some kind of psychological testing, I know just where to send
> them.

You must have missed it. It's been done. It was some time ago, and the 
posts I'd saved have apparently gone to feed a past hard drive crash 
because I can't find them anymore, but from faulty memory it was 
something like this.

During a usual discussion about, I think, aural vs ETD, this guy 
suddenly appeared and whipped up an instant argument. He did it very 
well, and the result raged on for about a week when someone mentioned 
that he had no point of origin or history. He just appeared and answered 
a question that hadn't been asked in a way calculated to start a fight. 
This was pretty strange, so I asked him straight out if he was using us 
to provide material for a thesis, and he said yes! Next post, he denied 
it and tried to start another fight.

Meanwhile, he had mentioned a state, Pennsylvania, I think though I'm 
not sure anymore. So I went looking for the major university in the 
state he mentioned, and read through the faculty lists and such until - 
Bingo! I found a name match.

Using the number from his email address and his name, I did a white 
pages look up (this was in a short period when there were lots of 
services to do this for free, which changed shortly after), and got a 
hit. The number in his email address was his home address number! 
Outstanding thinking on his part, I thought.

Next, I sent an email to the dean of the university (from the web site) 
describing what was being done and suggesting that he get his minion out 
of our discussion list, as we didn't appreciate his efforts at our 
expense. Next, I sent an email to the list with his full name, address 
(with zip code), and phone number and suggested that anyone who wished 
to get to know him better could now contact him directly - even face to 
face.

We quit getting posts from him after that, and I've always wondered what 
affect my letter to the dean had, if any at all. Of course we can still 
be monitored by anyone for any purpose and never know it, but it was 
nice to be able to shut this guy down.

Ron N