--On Saturday, May 29, 2004 1:00 PM -0500 "David M. Porritt" <dporritt@mail.smu.edu> wrote: > Richard: > > In Part 1 of the series he states "....I never imagined I would spend ten > years as the technician for one of the big five American Orchestras." > He is a member of the Chicago chapter so unless he travels A LOT I'd have > to guess that he is the tech for the Chicago Symphony. > > dave > > > __________________________________________ > David M. Porritt, RPT > Meadows School of the Arts > Southern Methodist University > Dallas, TX 75275 That is probably the case. I don't like to run down any fellow tech - he probably is found to do reliable quality work. But Ron Coners told me last fall that David Barenboim insists on flying Coners out to Chicago to prep the piano any time he (Barenboim) plays it. Barenboim being the conductor of the Chicago Symphony, and a remarkable pianist as well. So who knows? I do hate to see anyone giving out what I consider to be misinformation, though. Maybe his system works for him, but my experience says that pianists appreciate the "finer and finer circles of refinement." Maybe you can get by with that kind of attitude - which I would describe as avoiding complaints rather than seeking perfection - but noone will leave a note for you thanking you profusely for a "wonderful instrument that almost plays itself" or the like. I'm not a starry-eyed idealist, but I do try to put out the special effort for those concert instruments, in hopes of helping someone "create magic." I don't think you can create much magic on an instrument prepped as he describes. Regards, Fred
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