Thanks, Ed. George's instructions sound like what might be similar to Chic Corea's visit 2 years ago. His tech from LA gave me an 8 page list of what he likes, and the piano wasn't close to that. It took a couple of days to get those specs right on!! Of course, I was newer here, sooo nervous and probably spent more time than was needed. He liked the piano!! Anyway... I hope it's not a total re-contruction of the regulation that's already there! It's really in good shape having gone to the Piano People for a huge rebuild this summer!! We'll see about malcolm...He's been here before and from what I gather.. is a great guy to work with and really knows how to work with a forte....but ya never know!! Thanks again Paul "Ed Sutton" <ed440 at mindspring.com> Sent by: caut-bounces at ptg.org 06/25/2009 04:49 PM Please respond to Ed Sutton <ed440 at mindspring.com>; Please respond to caut at ptg.org To <caut at ptg.org> cc Subject Re: [CAUT] Upcoming artists... George Winston is pleasant to work with. The 5 page instructions to the tuner seem overwhelming until you read them. He just wants a tuned, regulated piano. He will explain his system for marking unisons he wants touched. Most of his pieces end with a very slow pedal release, so check for late and oinking dampers. A friend of mine knows Malcolm rather well. He will probably want to touch up the regulation on the fortepiano to suit his needs. He has produced a DVD on fortepiano regulation. I would suggest contacting him in advance and getting a copy. Ed S. ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul T Williams To: caut at ptg.org Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 5:39 PM Subject: [CAUT] Upcoming artists... Hey y'all, We have the opportunity of having some great artists perform in our Lied Center for Performing Arts this upcoming season. I would love to hear your inputs on these performers of certain traits, workablity,demands, etc with these folks to make the piano the way they like it. It's a nice list and I look forward to working with them.. (I think) what do I watch out for?? Yo Yo Ma, George Winston, Winton Marsalis, The Van Cliburn comp winner, Malcolm Bilson (on forte-piano) The rest I can handle :>) Thanks in advance!! Best, Paul T. Williams RPT Piano Technician School of Music 5 Westbrook Bldg. University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE 68588-0100 pwilliams4 at unl.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20090625/24b570e5/attachment.htm>
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