Unfortunately, this is about THIS piano, the donor etc.!! The Meyerson has a couple of nice pianos that we have used in the past, but the donor was told this piano would be used at the concert. dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 4/11/01 at 11:55 AM Ken Eschete wrote: >David, >My advise is not about voicing. If you have a piano that fits your own >concert venue, I think you should leave it alone. For a little more (or >the same price) of moving your concert grand, you can get one of the >Steinway CD's from the dealer. Less risk all the way around. (I have >learned this lesson the hard way!) > >Ken Eschete >Northwestern University > >> We got our new Yamaha CFIIIS 3 weeks ago, and it is very nice. Nice >>round tone perfect for our 500 seat recital hall. Now, next week it >>will be moved to the Meyerson Symphony Hall to be used in a concerto. >>Our artist-in-residence likes the sound as it is now for our hall, but in >>competing with the orchestra next week, wants some extra "zip" to the top >>octave or so. Can anyone thing of an appropriate way to voice this up, >>then successfully bring it back down after the concerto performance? >>Unless I hear some better idea, I'll probably keytop the last octave or >>so, then steam it down when it gets back. I really hate doing this to a >>brand new piano, but.... On the other hand, I guess this is why Yamaha >>sells replacement hammers! dave >> >> David M. Porritt dporritt@swbell.net Meadows School of the Arts Southern >>Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 >> > > > >-- >Ken Eschete Phone 847/467-6970 >Director of Keyboard Maintenance >Northwestern University School of Music Fax 847/491-5260 >711 Elgin Road >Evanston, Il 60208 >k-eschete@northwestern.edu David M. Porritt dporritt@swbell.net Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275
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