[CAUT] Nice sound can carry

[Bob Hull]

Hi Barbara!

Congratulations, your work paid off.

Was the pianist Yakov Kasman?  He's great.

Have a good day.

Bob Hull



--- Horace Greeley <hgreeley@stanford.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi, Barbara,
> 
> A nod = grand slam.
> 
> BRAVA!
> 
> Best.
> 
> Horace
> 
> 
> At 07:03 AM 5/5/2005, you wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >Last Friday night there was an concert at the big
> (nearly 3500 seats), 
> >acoustically marginal, auditorium I work for.  This
> was the first *major* 
> >performance for this Steinway D, since I rebuilt
> the action.  When I was 
> >hired on there, we had (or I thought we had) an
> agreement that the piano 
> >would always be amplified.  Keeping that in mind
> while voicing, I just 
> >made it the most musical instrument I could.  When
> a local professor came 
> >to test the piano, I did notice that it had no
> problem filling the (empty) 
> >hall on its own.
> >
> >So, along comes the orchestra and its soloist, a
> Russian fellow from 
> >Birmingham (Hey, Wim, I took extra time on that una
> corda!), playing 
> >Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini.  As
> the rehearsal set up 
> >started, I went to talk to the orchestra's stage
> manager about 
> >miking.  "Nope, we never use amplification."  I
> just about fainted.
> >
> >I was at the back of the hall for the performance. 
> The piano could be 
> >heard (though I wouldn't have minded if it had just
> a bit more 
> >power).  Which proves to me that one doesn't need
> hammers voiced like 
> >granite to carry--a belief, I'm afraid, that
> prevails around "these parts."
> >
> >A pianist I know was also sitting in the last row
> (I had told her this was 
> >the new action's maiden run).  After the
> performance she came up to me and 
> >said, "The piano sounded fabulous----what nuances!"
>   God Bless her--those 
> >nuances, that's what I shoot for!  When I went
> backstage, I also had 
> >compliments from some orchestra members.  The
> soloist didn't say much (and 
> >I had been told that he doesn't say much), but he
> did nod at me when I saw 
> >him at intermission, so I guess it was acceptable.
> >
> >
> >Whew!
> >
> >Barbara Richmond, RPT
> >Braden Auditorium at Illinois State University
> >
> 



		
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