A-442?

[John Minor]

Bolshoi Orchestra is who I last tuned to 442. It's not really that hard to
do, I just wish they would recognise that it's asking for alot....like
asking for Perrier water chilled to 39 degrees F. If they'd throw a few
extra dollars into the piano repair fund I'd be happy!

One of the old stage hands touring with the orchestra gave me a few
pointers on voicing just as the house began to open!!! He actually seemed
top know what he was talking about, althought I didn't understand a word
of his Russian!!! It was "interesting".

John Minor
University of Illinois

On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, David Denison wrote:

]Funny you should mention it.  Although not my regular gig, I recently filled
]in at the Tilles center for the regular tech who was out of town that
]weekend.  The Bolshoi Orchestra was performing and requested A442 for the
]soloist.  The house Steinway D (#117) is maintained, more or less, at 440
](so is the CFIII Yamaha).  Rather than chase the pitch around on the house
]piano, the artist (sorry, didn't get his name) chose another one (#145) at
]Steinway Hall which was tuned to 442 when it came in.  Made my life a whole
]lot easier.
]
]David Denison, RPT
]Long Island, NY
]Nassau Chapter
]
]"Keep It Simple"
]
]
]----- Original Message -----
]From: "John Minor" <jminor@uiuc.edu>
]To: <caut@ptg.org>
]Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 7:36 PM
]Subject: Re: A-442?
]
]
]> Not much else pertaining to pianos. Thanks for checking on it!
]>
]> John
]>
]>
]> At 04:20 PM 3/21/2001 -0500, you wrote:
]> >John and all,
]> >I just spoke with the production manager at Tilles Center regarding your
]> >observation.  He was extremely gracious in supplying the following
]information:
]> >1)      The information is incorrect.  The pianos are kept floating
]> >between 440 & 441 as a matter of practicality.  He was surprised when I
]> >brought it to his attention, and was going to have the information
]changed.
]> >2)      They stipulate that if 442 is required, a different piano is
]> >brought in (from Steinway), presumably at performing group's expense (I
]> >forgot to ask, but it would stand to reason).
]> >
]> >John, did you find anything else of interest?
]> >
]> >David Skolnik
]> >Columbia University
]> >New York
]> >
]> >
]> >At 04:01 PM 03/20/2001 -0600, you wrote:
]> >>I was searching the web for any references to A-442 and found the
]> >>following page for Long Island University with info that says both
]concert
]> >>instruments stay at 442. Anyone have a possible explanation?
]> >>http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/tilles/tech/main.html
]> >>
]> >>John Minor
]> >>University of Illinois
]> >
]>
]>
]