One of the German makers, I think Seiler, has white lines on all dampers corresponding to naturals, and has lines on the soundboard (color coded) matching several nodes. Nice pianos, too. Those Germans are maybe just a little more progressive than us Yanks. ;-) Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico Joel Jones wrote: > >snip< > The dots are great for marking nodes. They also work in bass strings. > DEFINITELY no chalk, white out, crayon, masking tape, dry markers, > because no matter how lightly you put these on the strings, performers > always need more and heavier marking . > Anecdote: In my early days I painted the dampers white and left the > sharps black. Took hours to make it easy to see. Performer came in and > immediately wrote C D E etc. on the white dampers. Oh, well. > Do you have the William Bunger book. There was a class in Arlington > about interior performance. Right now I don't remember the instructor, but > she had a great hand-out. If you need more info I'll do some searching. > Keep in tune. > Joel > -- > Joel & Connie Jones > 9 Springwood Circle > Madison, WI 53717 > 608 - 833 - 1488 > FAX 608 - 833 - 6724 > > >
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