This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I agree with Cassie. There is a small contingent of champions of alternative music and I see no problem with trying to accommodate them. We keep a "sacrificial" Baldwin M available in a rehearsal room which can be wheeled up on stage when needed for prepared pieces. This seems to be the best method because the preparations often take a long time and the performer needs to practice. Once the preparations are made they can leave them in place until they have finished. The concert pianos are off limits except for minor plucking and other inside the piano stuff which comes up from time to time and then only with my knowledge and approval. I find the music interesting and often intriguing. The piano is an expressive tool for creative people and if you keep your ears and mind open you'll often be rewarded with a musical experience. I've privately sent Cassie and John a copy of our guidelines and am willing to share it with anyone else who is interested. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eric Wolfley Head Piano Technician Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music University of Cincinnati ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Whether or not you consider these people composers, or see a "need" for prepared piano is not the point. The music is out there, and has been out there for quite some time now, and I'm very interested in hearing what other techs have come up with as far as guidelines on this matter. I'm dealing with two teachers in this very situation right now and we're doing our best to work together to come up with an agreeable solution. It's very true that politics within the institution or between you and the teacher determine how well or poorly the situation can go. Doesn't this also depend on how much time we're personally willing/able to spend working with the performer/piano to make sure everything goes well? Sincerely, Cassie Van Gelder Resident Piano Technician Interlochen Center for the Arts vangeldercj@interlochen.org ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/a3/56/08/ac/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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