[CAUT] Warning to you hosting the Van Cliburn gold medalist

[Ed Sutton]

How about a quick pass with a hammer iron? 
There are often floor outlets on stage.
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Porritt, David 
  To: caut at ptg.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 9:16 AM
  Subject: Re: [CAUT] Warning to you hosting the Van Cliburn gold medalist


  How can professionals be so ignorant of their chosen instrument?  Next time you take your car in to get the oil changed, ask them if they can add about 50 horsepower to it while you wait.  

   

  dp

   

   

  David M. Porritt, RPT

  dporritt at smu.edu

   

  From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Paul T Williams
  Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 9:26 PM
  To: caut at ptg.org
  Subject: Re: [CAUT] Warning to you hosting the Van Cliburn gold medalist

   

  Funny thing was..he very seriously asked me at intermission, "could you please make it a bit brighter?"  I had to hold my howling laughter inside and said, "if you could please come back next Tuesday and play I can make it happen!"  :>) 



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       03/02/2010 08:48 PM 
       
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  What’s the matter, you can’t tune a newly strung D in 20 minutes J.  Complain, complain.  Welcome to the club.  In those situations I always very politely go to the pianist (after they’ve played awhile and can tell if it needs tuning) and say something to the effect of “I need about x amount of time with the piano before the doors open at 7:00.  If you find that it’s fine the way it is then please practice as long as you like but if not then I’ll need to get on it by x:xx.  I’m sorry but I was expecting you a bit earlier.” 
    
  The thought that the piano will go untuned before the concert usually convinces them that if they don’t know the piece by now and extra 30 minutes of practicing probably won’t help.   
    
  David Love 
  www.davidlovepianos.com 

   


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  To: caut at ptg.org
  From: pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu
  Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 18:18:11 -0600
  Subject: [CAUT] Warning to you hosting the Van Cliburn gold medalist

  Hi all, 

  Tonight, the Van Cliburn gold medalist is playing.  He blew off the afternoon practice and showed up at 4:30 instead of 3:30 to warm up.  He is supposed to go until 6:30 with a half hour to tune before the doors open at 7pm. 

  I'm not a happy camper.  He gets what he gets!! a two hour program with many major pieces each half.  I will have the great opportunity to tune during the intermission. (a joke). This piano has just been freshly restrung and is not stable at all. 

  Why do so many great pianists have no @#$% clue about their instrument??  for any of you hosting Mr. Khang, please tell him something resembling a clue on piano prep time.  I was caught totally off guard on this one. 

  Can you tell I'm pissed off?? 

  Paul 
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