---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Wim, I worked with Mr. Wolfram last September. He isn't extremely young. =20 Very tall <g>. He is well seasoned as a performer. He had a string of=20= bad pianos before he came to our concert hall. I found him to be=20 appreciative and actually fun. He had the choice between two pianos. =20= The piano he chose is very powerful, a little on the bright side (but=20 not brash), well balanced, with a very responsive action. I could go=20 into detail as to the specifics about the action, but how many piano=20 technicians does it take to screw in a light bulb? Mr. Wolfram raved=20 about the piano to me, my technical director, and the symphony=20 executive director. If you are unsure about direction, perhaps it is time to have an=20 outside "expert" piano technician who is non threatening to you=20 evaluate the piano. Or did you do that once? I can't remember if it=20 was you who posted about something like that before. Tim Coates University of Sioux Falls University of South Dakota On Mar 7, 2005, at 5:21 PM, Wimblees@aol.com wrote: > > The above named pianist played the Beethoven C minor on the new=20 > Steinway, (the one I've been telling you about), with the Alabama=20 > Symphony in our concert hall several weeks ago. Unfortunately, after=20= > the concert, Mr. Wolfram supposedly made the comment "I will never=20 > come to Tuscaloosa again if I have to play on this instrument". What=20= > didn't help is that our local paper's critic heard about the comment,=20= > and trashed the instrument in the paper. > =A0 > Although I don't think the piano is as bad as it is being made out to=20= > be,=A0I am taking a lot of heat from the some of the faculty = members.=A0I=20 > reminded them that=A05 previous concert artists didn't say anything=20 > about the piano. In fact, two of them had their choice between our two=20= > grands, and chose the new one. > =A0 > My question to you guys is this. Have any of you had any experience=20 > dealing with Mr. Wolfram? I don't know the man, but have heard he is=20= > young and inexperienced. I've heard, from you guys, that the=20 > better=A0players know how to play on any piano,=A0but the=A0less = experienced=20 > are more=A0critical. > =A0 > Wim > Willem Blees, RPT > Piano Tuner/Technician > School of Music > University of Alabama > Tuscaloosa, AL USA ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 3024 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/af/63/7a/fb/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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