[CAUT] Odds & Ends

[Avery Todd]

Dave,

At 02:43 PM 10/18/2005, you wrote:
>Avery:
>
>Yes we have several 7/8 keyboards.  Dr. Leone is the teacher who uses
>and teaches on these.

Thanks. That's the name. (You too, Chris.)


>We have a 7/8 keyboard in a B in her studio along with a "normal" B.  We
>still have the regular keyboard for that piano but I don't think it's
>been used for a couple of years.
>
>We have a 7/8 action for a D in our recital hall and 3 uprights with 7/8
>actions.

I didn't realize there were uprights also. How does that work. Just change
out the keys? Or does it also have a different action?

>For practice, Dr. Leone has been quite generous in allowing
>students to use the 7/8 in her studio and they have the 3 uprights.
>When a recital is scheduled for a pianist using the 7/8 it is scheduled
>in the recital hall that has that D.

That may be our problem here. The students primarily use one hall & faculty
& guests use the large one. And since it's Abbey wanting one 
here.......... :-)

>I've changed the cheek blocks on
>that piano so it has thumb screws so a person can exchange the actions
>without the need for any tools.

Two of ours have wing nuts.

>I made a PowerPoint presentation that
>shows how to swap the actions simple enough for even pianists!  :-)

If we ever get one, I may be contacting you about that.

>The actions for a Steinway D are adjustable to fit any Steinway D with a
>half day's work (or so).  There are adjustments to cope with unlevel key
>beds, wrong string height, quick adjustment for damper timing, etc.

With that information, it might could be made to work here. Assuming the
recitals aren't scheduled TOO close together. :-)

>We've had at least one of these since October 2000.  If you have more
>questions, I've had lots of experience with them.

Thanks for the offer. I'll remember that.

Avery

P.S. Will it even fit the Nossaman 'D'? ;-)

>dp
>
>David M. Porritt
>dporritt@smu.edu
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of
>Avery Todd
>Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 12:24 PM
>To: College and University Technicians
>Subject: [CAUT] Odds & Ends
>
>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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Avery Todd, RPT
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