Una Corda Adjustments and Christian Zimmermann

[Horace Greeley]

David,

At 05:56 PM 1/4/2005, you wrote:
>  I only know that it is a Steinway action and I assume
>it is a standard sized keyboard.

Yes to both.

>The fitting of a Steinway action from
>one piano to another can, as you know, be quite problematic.

Actually, it is much less of a problem with Hamburgs than with NY instruments.

>   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.

Yes.

Best.

Horace



>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
>
>
>
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