It's Alive!!!!

[Ed Sutton]

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Why not ask the performers?

Ed Sutton
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  From: Wimblees@aol.com=20
  To: caut@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 4:19 PM
  Subject: It's Alive!!!!


  Well, actually, it's dead. At least that is what Olga Kern told me =
last week. She was here to give a recital. I prepped our new D, and put =
it in the middle of the stage. At 6:30 I stopped by to see if there was =
anything she needed. She said, "This piano is dead." I said it was only =
a year old, and had probably only been played about a dozen times. She =
said, it sounded like it. I should have kept my mouth shut, but I =
offered her our 14 year D, which was sittting off stage. After playing =
just 3 chords, she said she wanted to play the recital on that piano, =
but only after warming up on it. I had 15 minutes to tune it before the =
doors opened. Unfortunately, by the end of the fist half, there were =
several notes that didn't make it.=20

  But that is not what I'm here to complain about. Olga was not the =
first pianist to complain about the new piano. Last March Misha Dichter =
had the same complaint. (but at least he gave me 2 hours to prep the =
older piano). My question is, how do I put more "life" into a new piano? =
As I said, the piano only comes out of it's hiding place for special =
occasions. (No, sun down is not a special occasion here in Alabama, =
especially not on Sundays.) Since we got the piano in August of last =
year, there have been about 12 performances on it. The piano is voiced, =
regulated, etc., so I don't quite understand when a performer says there =
is no life in the piano. Not even our piano faculty agrees with that, =
although they do think the piano is a little stiffer than the older one. =


  Any advice will be greatly appreciated.=20

  Wim
  Willem Blees, RPT
  Piano tuner/technician
  School of Music
  University of Alabama


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