Overs Grands

[Myles McMillan]

on 12/7/03 4:29 AM, Richard Brekne at Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no wrote:

> Hi list
> 
> For the past 5 months one of our students at the UiB has been down in
> Australia studying for his masters. This is one of our <<star>>
> students, he has released a CD of his own that has recieved some very
> high reviews over here. His name is Torgeir Solsvik. Torgeir is one of
> those students/pianists that takes an interest in constructive dialogue
> with pianotechnicians, and through his years as an undergraduate at UiB
> has been a valuable resource for me.
> 
> Just before he traveled to Australia, we had talked quite abit about the
> the Stuart and the Overs instruments, and he was very enthuastic about
> trying out both, promising to give me a full report when he gets back
> for Christmas break.
> 
> About six weeks ago he had his first real good session with the Stuart
> instrument, and had some very positive comments. The instrument was
> quite different from the piano as we all know and love it today, and he
> seemed quite intrigued with its unique tone character. Impressions I
> have of this instrument being reminiscent of  Forte instruments from the
> 19th century were strengthed by many of his comments. On the down side
> he notes that the instrument does not handle forcefull playing as well
> as he would like. As is probably to be expected with an instrument that
> so deviates from the normal sound of pianos, his comments are mixed and
> seem to reflect some degree of uncertainty as to how he should approach
> playing it.
> 
> Just last week however, he sent me another flurry of emails. He had met
> our Ron Overs and had a chance to play one of the Overs grands, no. 3.
> His enthuasiasm for this piano was overwhelming and with no holding
> back. He was particularilly impressed with the level of control
> available in the Overs action.  "I really didnt believe such an
> experience was possible",  he wrote and continued "His (Overs) action is
> absolutly a stroke of genius"
> 
> Torgeir is a fellow who I know absolutely has a very good and very
> conscioius grasp of what he is playing, and how it performs. He is a
> pianist who is able to express what he senses in terms a piano
> technician can understand much better then most, which also reflects
> positively on his level of awarness. This is one of the reasons I was so
> delighted to hear he was on his way to Australia in the first place, as
> I knew I would get some very high quality first hand feedback about both
> these instruments.
> 
> I will be able to talk more with him when he does get back in a couple
> weeks, and I look forward to hearing more from him in the next 5 months
> as he returns to Australia to continue his studies. He will get a chance
> to expand his experiences with both instruments, and will no doubt get a
> chance to play the Overs no 4 instrument which is due to be finished in
> the not so distant future.
> 
> Anyways... just thought this might be of interest to some of you.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> RicB
> 
> --
> Richard Brekne
> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> UiB, Bergen, Norway
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