[CAUT] Keith Kirchoff

[Ed Sutton]

Some years ago I did a summer gig at Interlochen. There was a full time 
student there who broke strings every day in the practice rooms, working on 
a 20th century smash, hit concerto. He was quite embarrassed about it and 
said "I don't even like this piece. My teacher insists I have to play it to 
win competitions."
Ed S
>
> Never mind what I think of his use of the instrument or the musical result 
> of same. I am very curious, however, as to where he developed this tender 
> touch with fist and wrist, etc. He had to have left a long trail of 
> mangled instruments behind him somewhere, during his formative years. It's 
> unlikely that he just arbitrarily decided last Tuesday to take up this 
> approach. Who supplied the sacrificial pianos to indulge the years of 
> practice and refinement of his art form of choice? What's his practice 
> piano look like?
>
> Ron N