This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Tom, George Winston comes here every year, as there is a big "New Age" = appreciation contingent out here in far NW California. I have prepped = numerous pianos for him, and seen his rider that specifies tuning = details; it does look very anal, but don't let the cent deviation = charts scare you. I can assure you that if you simply do your best = clean, musical tuning, using a nice, evenly graduated stretch with no = sudden changes, he will be perfectly happy-- in fact won't say a word = because I suspect he really doesn't know the fine points of the subject = at all. However, he is anal about one thing: unisons. He is the only = pianist I have ever seen do the following: as he plays and (sometimes = talks) he reaches for a little pile of rubber mutes he takes to the = piano with him, and places them next to unisons he feels need attention. = Some of his compositions repeatedly come down hard on individual notes, = and unison fraying in those areas can be expected unless your tunings = are ultra-stable. He will expect these touched up at intermission, but remains very calm = and easy going about it all. If he feels he is being taken care of in = this way, he typically will acknowledge you (and all his tech help) to = the audience at the end of the show--another unusual touch. He also = plays without his shoes :-) Where regulation and voicing are concerned, = make sure that things are reliable and responsive, and that there are no = noticeably uneven voicing problems, and that should be fine as well. =20 I suspect that contract was written after his people collected every = complaint he's ever made about every poorly prepared, crummy piano he's = ever played (and I'm sure there have been many) and put it all down as a = way to scare off the inexperienced. Someone must have told them = tuner/techs want details, so there they are. They're really designed to = intimidate more than inform, IMHO, and don't really mean much in the = larger scheme of things. I've never seen anyone from his staff check the = piano against an ETD, so keep breathing. Good luck! Greg Greg Granoff RPT Humboldt State University ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Tompiano@aol.com=20 To: caut@ptg.org=20 Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 2:31 PM Subject: George Winston contract List, I'm reviewing a rider for a George Winston concert I'm working for = next week. Anyone out there have some tales to share with regard to = George Winston. If the contract reflects truthfully about the person, = this is one anal individual. Rehearsal time is from 1AM- 5AM....thank = goodness I don't have to be on standby for that session!#*% Tom Servinsky, RPT=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/09/45/62/c0/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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