Thanks to Conrad. Marcel, Anne, Jim, Robert and all, What a great list and a great resource for us all! So, herewith, a little feedback for your enjoyment. This was such an intense gig. Since my last post, I tuned for 4 more performances of the Mozart triple fortepiano concerto plus standby till interval. One of the f/pianos was moved off site on the coldest November day in 100 years - it SNOWED in Queensland - which is like saying it snowed in Florida in May! - then back 2 days later for another performance of the Mozart triple - recorded for later broadcast by the national classic FM station - no pressure. The pianos eventually settled somewhat by Friday & Saturday nights, but one of the 3 is over 20 yrs old with loose pins and was the one that kept giving trouble. As some of you may know, I am also teaching a 12 month piano tech's course this year at the Sydney Con, so, to maximise my enjoyment(!), I invited a different student each night to tune with me. Just imagine - the student's first time on fortepiano, they sort of tune octaves and unisons on one, I tune the other two then pick up their mistakes, both of us running the most diabolical acoustic interference on each other, tuning side by side on stage, the clock mercilessly clicking down to performance time, the pianos refusing to behave, me trying to stay cool - bleaaaaaaahh!! - to quote Michelle S. Acting on this list's advice, I had stage lighting up and lids open several hours before performance; and settled strings with firm but not hard hitting. I also tried to pass over each f/piano twice, the second with a finer pin movement. I think this was a good move. These finicky beasts cannot endure large pitch movements the way modern pianos do. The old adage - 'The most stable tuning is the one you move the least' - seems especially true of fortepianos. In this Mozart anniversary year, the national classical FM station has held a listener 'Mozart top 100' competition; the top 5 will be played & broadcast live in a concert tomorrow (Wednesday) night. Only one fortepiano to tune - no worries, right?. Regards, Geoffrey Pollard Sydney Conservatorium of Music University of Sydney Australia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20061121/f7a863c8/attachment.html
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