Question

Horace Greeley hgreeley@stanford.edu
Mon Oct 2 16:50 MDT 2000


John, et al,

VERY IMPORTANT!  Please hold this thought.

As noted before, I will send stuff along, but am really buried just 
now.  Please check the review.  If needed/wanted, I can post it directly 
with the rest of stuff.

Please accept my apologies for delaying things.

Best to all.

Horace



At 05:44 PM 10/2/00 -0500, you wrote:
>I find it interesting that several here assume the review is an attack on
>the piano, somehow pointing a finger at the piano tech. I did not assume
>the integrity of the tech was in question, rather the performer! We can
>only do so much, then it's up to the "other guy".
>
>John Minor
>University of Illinois
>
>
>On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Michael Jorgensen wrote:
>
>]Hi Horace,
>]      I want to hear you take on this also.  Having read various ideas,
>]it's obvious we can't be sure without having heard the concert.   The
>]piano tuner, and piano cannot bare all blame as the pianist has
>]opportunity to request voicing modifications prior to any professional
>]concert, unless they're just too nice to complain----rare indeed!
>]      One thought,  some pianos can be real deceivers both to pianists
>]and voicers.  The sound at the bench isn't the same as out in the hall.
>]Some bright ones are very loud at the bench and thin in the hall, some
>]dull ones are dull at the bench and booming with power in the hall.
>]-Mike Jorgensen
>]



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