[CAUT] Re: Chihuli Steinway

[Otto Keyes]

Yes, that's right!  I had forgotten that real art these days is no longer
about beauty...just poke somebody in the eye with a multi-colored stick,
give it a sufficient amount of gobblety-gook and metaphysical motivation in
the artist's statement of purpose, add a big price tag, and some fool is
bound to cough up the bucks to park this thing in the playroom next to the
custom-built slide patterned after the $29.88 version from Walmart.

But hey, look at the bright side.  The nanny and house-keeper won't even
notice when Jr. smears his Cheez Whiz on the keys!!   :-)

Otto

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Granoff" <gjg2@humboldt.edu>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Re: Chihuli Steinway


> Jim,
> Even though you've asked for no answer, :-)  I think, to be fair to
> Steinway, it should be remembered that there is a tradition in their art
> case department going back a long way of occasionally allowing
contemporary
> artists to stamp their personal vision on an individual instrument--one of
a
> kind type thing.  In this case, Steinway didn't "do" anything-- they
> followed instructions because they were meant to. This particular effort
> isn't my taste either, but then some people don't care for marquetry, gold
> leafing, grape vines and scroll carvings, inlayed leaves, or whatever of a
> hundred different techniques and styles has come out of these sorts of
> projects through the years.  Here we're dealing with the *iconography* of
> the piano-- and messing with sacred cows is a lot of what some artist's
work
> is about.  To them, the piano is a big canvas of expectations by people
such
> as technicians and pianists.  Reactions of dismay and starchy disapproval
> only feed the fire. If this piano survives, someday it will be quite
> valuable to the right collector.  Such is the way of things....
>
> Greg
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Ellis" <claviers@nxs.net>
> To: <caut@ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 11:37 AM
> Subject: [CAUT] Re: Chihuli Steinway
>
>
> > Yeah, I saw it, and I'm still sick at the stomach.  Why would Steinway
do
> > this?  Please don't try to come up with an answer.
> > Jim Ellis
> >
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