Hi- I've been wondering if anyone has a more effective and/or informed explanation to give musicians as to precisely why concert grands are so more much sensitive and require so much more time to be "satisfied" with than do the smaller grands. On the surface that probably seems straight forward, but this is an important point to be mutually understood as we compete for limited time in a busy hall. Certainly concert grands are more transparent, but this is not to imply that somehow our standards are compromised on smaller instruments. We can tune faculty studio grands once a month and everybody is happy to get it done that often. During peak times or with goofy weather I'm in the hall almost every single day. Last week one got pulled out for a recording that unfortunately had not been serviced in at least 3 weeks. We got the job done, but I'm not sure they really understand some of our physical limitations. To the degree that we all have misunderstood limitations, maybe that doesn't really matter. Or maybe it does......... any suggestions? thanks, dennis. St. Olaf College
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