bars.

[Kenneth Sloane]

Ed et al- Crumb would probably prefer the smaller piano. It's easier to 
reach nodes on the long strings.     Ken Sloane, nee Oberlin conservatory

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--On Thursday, February 1, 2001 8:41 AM -0500 A440A@aol.com wrote:

> Greetings,
>    Crumb has come to Vanderbilt, and the head of the music department is
> telling me that the plate strut needs to come out of one of the concert
> pianos, so the strings can be "strummed" for a student performance.
>    This looks like some peril, and a lot of retuning.  I do know that one
>    of  these bars will not go back in unless the tension is dropped a
> WHOLE lot.   Anybody got any info that will help me convince them it
> would be cheaper to  move one of our B's in, instead of destabilizing the
> concert pianos?  Regards,
> Ed Foote RPT