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Before undertaking his craft, the artisan first sharpens his tools.
by tankenmate 6y ago
Before undertaking his craft, the artisan first sharpens his tools.
- ramraj07 6y agoA good cook doesn't need to own 5 stones to sharpen his knife, he just needs to have the number of the sharpening guy.
- bipson 6y agoYou would be surprised how many cooks sharpen their knives themselves. It is also a very wholesome and meditative activity.
- quanticle 6y agoNo? Good cooks most definitely sharpen their own knives.
- Al-Khwarizmi 6y agoCooks and knives are a bad example, because sharpening knives is easy. I am not a cook and sharpen mine too. It takes like 15 minutes to learn how to do it, and a similar time to actually do it. Most piano players don't have a clue about how to tune their pianos, though.
- ghayes 6y agoOddly enough, pianists not knowing how to tune a piano is an anomaly in the music world, as most other artists know their instruments inside and out. The Times did a piece on this just the other day: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/arts/music/piano-tuning.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/arts/music/piano-tuning.h...
- bipson 6y agoIt is not binary in my experience. Most professional musicians know their instrument very well - and still know a man for the "hard" stuff, e.g. for thorough maintenance or repairs that require craftsmanship. And there are obviously variants. The guys that fix their instruments regularly and experiment with e.g. cooking your stings, and musicians that hand them in for the tiniest, easiest tasks.