Fred, In a performance of 'Whale' here last summer, we used a Yamaha C-3 for the faculty member playing. If I'm not mistaken, a Steinway L works well, also. Just FYI for the future. Avery >I don't recall where the struts need to lie for Makrokosmos, but for Voice >of the Whale (which I did this past January), Steinway A through D don't >have nearly enough bass notes. I chose to use a Kawai 5' plus instead of a >concert grand. (A Baldwin M worked well for rehearsal). I believe this is >true of all Crumb's piano works. He worked with the piano in his teaching >studio, which was probably an M, or perhaps a Baldwin. For this reason, >the concert D is usually a bad choice >for the performer, and thus a good excuse to say it won't be used. >Fred Sturm, RPT >University of New Mexico
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