Wim, Fred is absolutely right. String and strut layout is a real problem on the larger instruments. I think Crumm actually even specifies use of an "L" - although, now that I have typed that, it may be that I saw notes written into music that he used in performance that may not be published elsewhere. Either way, on a reasonably healthy instrument, pulling the strut on a "D" will have minimal effect...if it's stuck...as Conrad notes, "it might actually be doing something." I am not sure if, from a design-only standpoint, it can rightly be called "vestgial", however. I am pretty sure that, had sufficiently cost- effective casting technology been available, this piece would have been cast in place long ago. Folks who know more about casting probably know better. Best. Horace Quoting Fred Sturm <fssturm@unm.edu>: > Wim, > If it will come out, having it out for a while won't cause any problems, > > IMO (though this has been a subject of discussion before, and there were > > contrary opinions). But really she should use a Steinway L or M for > Crumb. > Crumb pieces rarely work well on D's (or B's or A's, for that matter) due > > to layout of strings and struts. Reaching to get second partials > (touching > nodes half way down the string, as you are describing) is a lot easier on > a > shorter piano. Crumb wrote at his piano in his studio. I have been told > it > was an L. (There's more discussion along these lines in the archives). > Regards, > Fred Sturm > University of New Mexico > > --On Monday, March 1, 2004 6:19 PM -0500 Wimblees@aol.com wrote: > > > > > One of our piano faculty is practicing a George Crumm piece that > requires > > her to strum and pluck strings, and dampen half way with her fingers. > She > > asked me if I could remove the cross beam so she can get to the > strings > > easier. She said a friend of hers does this kind of music a lot, and > > remove this bar herself. > > Has anyone ever done this? What effect does it have on stability, > tuning, > > stress loads, etc.? If it doesn't have any effect, why is it there? > > Wim > > Willem Blees, RPT > > Piano tuner/technician > > School of Music > > University of Alabama > > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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