[CAUT] Odds & Ends

Avery Todd atodd@uh.edu
Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:24:10 -0500


List,

First: I was just compiling some of Jim Coleman's writings about 
partials, stretching, etc. for my new trainee & realized how much I 
miss his posts! Does anyone know how he's doing? Ever hear from him?

Second: I had an interesting conversation with Abbey Simon last week. 
It seems he'd been in Ft. Worth for a while and had practiced on a 
pianist's 7/8 keyboard in her home. I can't remember her name but I 
believe Abbey said she's also on the faculty at SMU. Dave????

Anyway, after about 3 hrs. or so, he'd gotten used to and seemed to 
really like it. Especially playing 10th's, some octave work, etc. 
This surprised me because he's always complained about how narrow the 
sharps are on most keys. That's one of the reasons he liked the 
Baldwins while he was a Baldwin Artist. They were wider.

I found out today that he's talked to our Business Manager (& whoever 
else) about buying a couple. He said he'd buy one himself but wanted 
the school to buy another one. Would he want the school to buy one 
that fit a Yamaha CIII that's sent in for him now? One for one of our 
'D's'? One to fit a 'B' in his studio? Or one to fit the Yamaha S4 
that he has in his apt. here in Houston? I just don't see how the 
logistics of that would work out for him. I doubt that Yamaha would 
spend that much money for that ($10,000 ? I've heard) & I know the 
university wouldn't pay for one for a Yamaha that we don't even own. 
If we bought one for one of our D's, I'd much rather it be for one 
that the students could use. We have quite a few Orientals & probably 
some others that have fairly small hands & it could be especially 
useful for them. But then there would need to be at least one that 
they could use for normal practicing.

How does that all work out for SMU, Dave? I believe I remember you 
saying you had one there.

Do any others of you have a 7/8 keyboard?

Just some musings.

Avery


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Avery Todd, RPT
Moores School of Music
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-4017 


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