Tell the department chair about the potential damage to the instrument and ask him to require the artist to be responsible for any such. I did that once, the artist wanted to put tacks in the hammers. I hit the roof and the chair agreed with me and suggest they rent their own piano for such abuse. I HATE this kind of shit. Newton Alan Crane wrote: > > > This year, WSU's Contemporary Music Festival will include a performance of > George Crumb's "Makrokosmos 1," a hands-on (hands-in) piece for amplified > piano, metal pick and chain, etc. The performer is a visiting artist. > > We don't have a 'designated-hitter' piano to use for non-traditional and > special-effects performances so it will be done on one of the concert > instruments, probably a Bosendorfer 225 (7'4"). > > I'd appreciate any good advice, anecdotes, and general words of wisdom from > folks who have dealts with this piece either as techs or performers. > > Regards, > > Alan Crane, RPT > School of Music > Wichita State University > crane@twsuvm.uc.twsu.edu
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