[CAUT] Non-Traditional Piano Use

[reggaepass at aol.com]

Thank you, Ken.  Will forward your good information.



Alan E.


-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Zahringer <ZahringerK at missouri.edu>
To: College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Fri, 25 May 2007 5:57 am
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Non-Traditional Piano Use




Hey Alan,
Ms. Hudicek may want to check out www.lulu.com, a self-publishing site.
hey can make works available for download at whatever price the author
ants, including free.  They also do "print on demand" publishing of
ardcopy, also at the author's price.  I think the print on demand carries a
mall per copy flat fee, I'm not sure exactly how they handle that part.
nyway, it eliminates the need to come up with a chunk of cash up front for
 print run, and the books never go out of print.
Regards,
en Z.

n 5/24/07 10:16 AM, "ReggaePass at aol.com" <ReggaePass at aol.com> wrote:
> Joe and List,
 
 There is a relatively new text on the subject, a doctoral dissertation with
 the (I think unfortunate) title of "Off Key" by Laurie Hudicek.  Like our
 video, it incorporates Bunger's book (long out of print) and picks up where it
 leaves off.  Hudicek extensively interviewed many technicians (including yours
 truly) and new-music pianists.  (She also quotes frequently from our video.)
 Her work is the most up-to-date compendium of what is possible in terms of
 extended techniques on the piano, dos and don'ts where piano conservation is
 concerned, and advice on playing techniques (the NTPU equivalent of scales and
 arpeggios) which we don't address at all in the video.
 
 Huducek's work is available through the U of Michigan Press, although, after a
 long wait and hefty price tag, what you get is a poor photocopy (which renders
 most of the photos unviewable).  I have encouraged her to revise and publish
 it.  Not that it's going to become a best seller, but it does meet a
 demonstrable need that will probably still be there for decades to come.
 
 Another doctoral student recently contacted me about the video with regards to
 her own dissertation.  She is aware of Hudicek's work, and it's hard to
 imagine what she might do that would be original.  We'll see, and I'll keep
 the list posted.
 
 Cheers,
 
 Alan Eder
 
 Alan, thanks a bunch for your input. I am ordering the Eder viddy plus the
 Well Prepared Piano (I should, since my brother works at Colorado College). I
 have a request for further info into the manufacturer regarding the string
 breakage, but I am interested in investigating as per your advice. By the bye
 (or however that expression is spelled), I'm not clear on what procedure is
 needed to determine the scale. Mike the string and measure speaking length?
 How do you determine the tension? I'm fairly green in this subject, but eager
 to take it in. Thanks, Joe
-- 
en Zahringer, RPT
iano Technician
U School of Music
97 Fine Arts
82-1202
ell 489-7529


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