---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment At 12:51 PM -0400 8/14/03, Wimblees@aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 8/14/03 10:58:23 AM Central Daylight Time, >BECKERLR@UCMAIL.UC.EDU writes: > >>1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Lots of white Kimballs. >> > > >If I recall, something like 150 of them. Lots of Los Angeles area >pianos techs were used to tune them. If you guys remember Ray >Rueter, who worked for Kimball at the time, was one of the tuners, >and then also got to play at the opening ceremony. Guys, I can't take it anymore :-) The misinformation continues ... white? ... 150? At least now the year and location are correct, *and* that Ray Reuter was involved. ---------- NOTE: I did see your post, Avery, but still decided to send this one from the horse's mouth, so to speak. It's McGavern, by the way. ---------- Here's a brief factual scoop*: 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the Los Angeles Coliseum Eighty-four (84) blue Kimball Grand pianos They were featured in George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" during the opening ceremony. Five additional tuners were involved besides Ray Reuter: Teri Powell, Bob Cloutier, Mark Wisner, Alan Slater, Emily Goya. *Piano Technicians Journal September 1985, page 13 Olympic Tuning Tests Technicians' Endurance Industry News More info (condensed ) I posted in 1998 from the Journal article: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/1998-September/037587.html Also a great site: http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/index_uk.asp ALL THE GAMES SINCE 1896 Relive the emotion of previous Games by selecting a date or host city Oh, and Wim, for some trivia, you were the Central West Vice President at the time. How about that? Cheers to all, Keith McGavern, RPT Oklahoma Baptist University Saint Gregory's University Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/13/4a/2f/cc/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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