Klarinet Archive - Posting 000616.txt from 2000/08

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Correcting each other
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 18:40:32 -0400

On Mon, 21 Aug 2000 18:01:50 -0400, bhausmann1@-----.com said:

> It may also be a case of not following the old rule, usually applied
> to test-taking: RTFQ -- Read The F***ing Question. This can also be
> phrased, "Answer the question you are asked, not the one you wanted to
> answer." Again, I'm sorry I (and we of the List) did not address that
> point in a timely manner. Still, had we been talking face to face,
> I'll bet we'd have gotten that squared away quickly.

It's not for you to apologise for not having addressed the point, Bill.
Obviously, having been the first one to make a howling mistake, I can't
blame you for having been mistaken in responding to it.

What I nevertheless want to make clear is that now, you can't say that
*you* understood the situation, either. (You still seem to me to want
to claim that you and perhaps others did, above.)

Whereas in fact, your mistaken response compounded the error by
introducing stretch tuning in a totally misconceived way.

If you had been clear about the subject, you would have pointed out
where I was wrong, and not have involved stretch tuning at all.

Or, if you had wanted to include a discussion of stretch tuning, you
would have explained it properly: that is, as a way to make piano
octaves pure, not as a way to deal with collaborating instruments like
clarinets.

As it was, you took my erroneous statement, and used it as the basis of
a fallacious explanation of why piano tuners use stretch tuning. And
you had me *believing* you, for a bit.

Even then, I'm not trying to *blame* you. It's just that both of us got
ourselves confused, you no less than me; and the truth is that we're
*all* responsible for giving a clear overview of the subject when we get
to the end of the discussion.

That's what I want you to see.

Tony
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