---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment Hi, David, OK...can't believe I got lucky so soon...I've attached a PDF of the page from the score where Cage outlines the setup. I used to have some photographs of various setups like this, but cannot find them just now. You'll need to make a trip to the hardware store for some of the stuff you will want. Some suggestions: - "Rubber" - I've mostly used cut-off pieces of rubber wedge mute. - "Weather Stripping" - The kind of open-cell stuff (without the adhesive backing) sold at Home Depot/etc for leaky window frames. - "Bamboo" - A split and/or cut-off chop-stick, if a fairly slender (dry) bamboo shoot is not available. - "Wood & Cloth" - A wedge of soft wood with thin cloth (a shard of soundboard spruce and fallboard felt works). - Screws, Bolts, Nuts - A "variety pack" approach should do it. You'll want several plate screw type and size flat head wood screws. Also, several different sizes and lengths of bolts. It's a lot safer for the instrument if you work from your own stock of stuff. - "Rubber Washer" - Water valve washers work perfectly. This piece (like, I think, most of Cage's prepared piano works) was written specifically to be setup and performed on an S&S Model O. All of the measurements and placements will be affected if another model is used. Since this will be used with dance, folks may be concentrating on whatever is happening on stage...however, there is a difference in resonance which can be noticeable if you do not have time to "play" with the placement of the muting items. While most of the measurements are made from the dampers, the top three notes are done from the bridge working back along the speaking length. I will be coming back from Berkeley later this afternoon and would be glad to stop by if you wish. This piece is pretty long, for Cage (14 - 15 minutes); and not often done...most of the recordings out there are not really clean enough to get a good sense of the ephemeral nature of the instrument in this use. Hope this is of some use. Best. Horace At 10:01 AM 11/21/2005, David Ilvedson wrote: >List, > > > >The SF Ballet is doing a John Cage piece...Perilous Night. Anyone >understand how the preparing of the piano progresses for these >pieces? I haven't had the "pleasure" of preparing a piano before. > > >David Ilvedson, RPT >Pacifica, California ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PerilousPrep.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 131467 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/6f/a6/9a/2e/PerilousPrep.pdf ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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