[CAUT] Agraffes and dampers

[reggaepass at aol.com]

Hi List,

  David has made a crucial point about how we are perceived within the 
environment in which we work, and how that impacts how respected we are 
(or are not). Taking an, "Ours not to reason why; ours but to do or 
die" attitude (at least publicly), helps keep us from eroding our own 
credibility.

 Alan Eder

  P. S. David, thanks for the endorsement of our video. It IS in the 
libraries of many schools of music across the land and, apparently, has 
helped facilitate the dialogue that must take place between pianists 
and technicians about specific pieces and techniques.  You check is in 
the mail!

 ae

 -----Original Message-----
 From: dporritt at mail.smu.edu
 To: caut at ptg.org
 Sent: Tue, 15 May 2007 8:36 AM
 Subject: Re: [CAUT] Agraffes and dampers

 Paul:

  

  Get Alan Eder’s video of how to prepare a piano. It’s good, 
comprehensive and should be in every university’s library.  We have a 
resident ensemble that only does contemporary music and naturally they 
prepare pianos a lot.  I’ve never had any real damage in the 21 years 
I’ve been here.  This can be done carefully, without damage and expands 
the range of piano music.  When we disparage this it makes us sound 
like fuddy-duddies who are out of touch with life in the 21st century. 

  

 dp

  

 David M. Porritt

 dporritt at smu.edu


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