[CAUT] Odds & Ends

[Porritt, David]

Avery:

On the uprights, David Steinbuhler (the man who makes the 7/8 actions)
sends keys and action rails to Charles Walter and they build the piano
with that set of keys.  The rest of the action is stock.  To convert it
back, you'd have to cut the extra wide cheek blocks, put in new front
and balance rails, and get new keys.  David also sells the Steinbuhler
piano and I believe they come with 2 sets of keys.  They are made for
him in China.

dp

David M. Porritt
dporritt@smu.edu

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From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Avery Todd
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 10:24 AM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: RE: [CAUT] Odds & Ends

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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>Moores School of Music
>University of Houston
>Houston, TX 77204-4017
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