Sydney International Piano Competition Reminder

[Barbara Richmond]

The quality <is> exceptional.  And the audience very quiet, too!  I'm sorry 
my big computer isn't in the kitchen where I have a project going...and need 
to get back to it.

Barbara Richmond, RPT
near Peoria, Illinois

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Skolnik" <davidskolnik at optonline.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>; <Caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 9:00 PM
Subject: Sydney International Piano Competition Reminder


>I have no shame.  It's Tuesday in the US, Wednesday in Sydney.  10:00 PM 
>(almost) in NY - 12:00PM (almost) in Sydney, when  Round 4 starts. 
>Whatever your opinion of competitions, it's still amazing playing, and the 
>quality of the audio stream is exceptional.  3 manufacturers represented: 
>Steinway, Yamaha, & Kawai.  One listener called in the other day asking why 
>Stewart wasn't represented.  Only disappointing aspect is not enough 
>back-stage piano stuff.  Some documentary maker should have made a movie 
>focused on the mechanics of staging the competition.  Maybe they did.
> Thanks again to Scott Jackson - Mt Keira, NSW, Australia.
>
> http://www.abc.net.au/classic/sipca/
>
> David Skolnik
> Hasting on Hudson, NY
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