I heard the story from a customer of mine who travels and plays a lot internationally. The action carting apparently came about as a product of the 9/11 incident and he decided he didn't want to risk any more of his own pianos. I only know that it is a Steinway action and I assume it is a standard sized keyboard. The fitting of a Steinway action from one piano to another can, as you know, be quite problematic. Since he does the work himself, and I assume it requires quite a few hours per concert, I understand he limits his engagements to about 50 per year. David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Porritt, David Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 2:29 PM To: Pianotech Subject: RE: Una Corda Adjustments and Christian Zimmermann David: Where did you hear about the action swapping? That one is hard for me to buy having done quite a bit of installing a Steinbuhler action in several "D"s. The Steinbuhler action is designed to be adjusted for different pianos but it still requires several hours to set up. What kind of action is he taking with him? Does it have a non-standard keyboard? Inquiring minds...... dave -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Love Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 4:13 PM To: 'Pianotech' Subject: Una Corda Adjustments and Christian Zimmermann I heard a story from a pianist recently about Christian Zimmermann who apparently regulates his own pianos for concerts. The story is that he regulates the una corda so that it has 4 distinct positions that produce four unique tones. Has anyone worked with him to know what that's all about. An interesting side story about him (if true) is that he apparently used to travel with his own two S&S D's. They were evidently on their way to NY when 9/11 happened. The story is that the pianos were traveling with some type of chemical that triggered some sort of bomb alert and the pianos were subsequently hacked apart in an attempt to find the material. Now he travels with his own action which he fits to each piano that he plays. David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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