[CAUT] fortepiano parts?

Paul T Williams pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu
Fri Apr 24 05:39:32 PDT 2009


Hi Fred,

This is a Benn (Walter copy) 88"long.





Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu> 
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Hi Paul,
I wouldn't be too paranoid about it. One does want to have the strings, 
especially the bass. I would be surprised to have parts break, or at any 
rate break so I couldn't do a repair. What kind of fortepiano are we 
talking about?
Regards,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico
fssturm at unm.edu



On Apr 23, 2009, at 4:06 PM, Paul T Williams wrote:


Hi CAUT! 

I may have asked this before, so sorry, but who sells forte-piano parts? 
Malcolm Bilson is coming to UNL this fall, and I feel I should have some 
supplies, parts, etc.  We've really been lucky for the past 2 years since 
Robert Murphy paid a call and got this old beast up to snuff.  I really 
don't want to tell him that there's nothing I can do if something breaks! 
Should I have a whole set of everything?  I really don't have the budget, 
and nobody really plays it, so...How does one deal with this for a one 
time show, plus two weeks of instruction for students.  Apparantly, this s 
a big thing for the director of the Lied Center next door, who's budget 
gives $4,000 for the entire year of upkeep of their Steinway D, 2 B's and 
a Walter upright....many tunings and concerts..... The D is at The Piano 
People for a 75% rebuld....no soundboard, sadly due to budget crunches.., 
but nicely done, I hope by them....including new Kluge keys.  (It was 
really a mess when it left!!) 

Advise is warmly welcome!! 

Paul 


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