I strenuously object to this. It's pandering to pianists who should know better. If the piano is well prepped and well maintained, there may be a few minor voicing adjustments the day of the concert, but nothing like trying to brighten everything up at intermission. That's ludicrous. A visiting artist may have his own overall voicing preferences, but in a university situation, it's the local pianists that set the rules. A well prepped piano will always fall within a range of concert acceptability, depending on the DNA of the piano. Most visiting artists understand that and adapt. It's part of being a concert professional who doesn't transport her own piano. We need to stand up for our profession. Or maybe I misunderstood your remark, Ed. I should be laughing and shaking my head, right? Richard West On Mar 3, 2010, at 8:30 AM, Ed Sutton wrote: > How about a quick pass with a hammer iron? > There are often floor outlets on stage. > es > ----- 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!" :>) > > > From: > "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> > To: > <caut at ptg.org> > Date: > 03/02/2010 08:48 PM > Subject: > Re: [CAUT] Warning to you hosting the Van Cliburn gold medalist > > > > > 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 > > > 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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100303/d938dfb6/attachment-0001.htm>
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