You might suggest to the university that they get a piano from Sauter that comes "prepared" from the factory. Check out http://www.sauter-pianos.de/english/grand_pianos_classical/omega.html and click on the picture link on the lower right. Andrew Anderson At 09:09 AM 5/15/2007, you wrote: >Welcome Joe, > >The "prepared piano" as they call it here at UNL is a pain in the >@$$^$%#.!! Students not only put stickers on the damper heads, but >also Sharpie pens and chalk marks, even on the strings, pluck with >oiley fingers, quarters, paperclips, staples, screwdrivers, and try >anything to get "the right sound"! This gives you lots of practice >removing objects from the soundboard and action and keybed! Unless >you're able to teach the instructors on removal of foreign "stuffs" >and insist they pass the info to the students, you're out of luck on >them not damaging things. Strings and agraffes also get quite a bit >of damage as well. Think of it as additional job security..... > >Personally, I'd like to put a nice tight hitchpin loop around the >neck of whoever invented this "music"! > >2. Your second question sounds similar to capo problems in >grands. Perhaps, ( and the more experienced CAUT members will add >to this) the agraffes have a termination point problem, either very >sharp or quite flat. It could also be weak string problem or very >high tension design problem in Petrofs. I'm not familiar enough on >the tension scale of these pianos, but you might want to look that up as well. > >Just a couple of thoughts.... > >Best, > >Paul > > > > >Joe Wiencek <jwpiano at earthlink.net> >Sent by: caut-bounces at ptg.org > >05/15/2007 07:55 AM >Please respond to >College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org> > >To >caut at ptg.org >cc >Subject >[CAUT] Agraffes and dampers > > > > >Hello list, >This is my first posting to the CAUT list. I have two questions >1: How do you keep dampers free from damage when modern music requires >playing the strings with fingers and the performers paste the damper >heads with colored stickers, then remove them and tearing felt, etc. >This is at NYU, but my own experience in music school tells me it must >be all over. > >2: A Petrof P131 upright with agraffes to the top has broken every >string from E6-E7. The break is at the edge of the bearing before >entering the agraffe on the speaking side. Any ideas? >Thanks, > >Joe Wiencek >jwpiano at earthlink.net > >tel: 551 358 4006 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20070515/9aa8a3c5/attachment.html
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