[CAUT] Cool grand action models/ RPT testing

Paul T Williams pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu
Fri Jul 24 14:50:27 MDT 2009


Too bad.  I would only need a max of 6.  That's my class limit due to 
space....It would be great for our occasional "Associates Days" we hold 
for our local associates wishing to get to the RPT classification. Really, 
I would only want 3 or 4. 

I just think that a single grand note action is not comparable to the 
vertical testing unit.  Why do we not require at least a 3-note grand 
action model with pedals, sos pedal and unacorda pedal?  One of the most 
important issues in great grand action regulation is consistency from note 
to note!! It really doesn't make sense that the grand action test is 
actually easier than the vertical action reg test. I would think that, in 
reality, the grand action reg test be harder than the vertical as that's 
where the most demanding of customers and artists are.  Really,  what 
vertical piano owner (other than a physical space issue) is really as 
demanding on proper regulation as those owning a high-end grand..or any 
grand, if they can't afford a high-end grand, but are still outstanding 
pianists?  This has always been a question in my crazy brain! Any 
examiners out there that can add something to why these standards have 
been set?

I'm sure this will turn into a great discussion!  I'm all eyes!  I'm truly 
interested in where these testing standards were set and why...

Just a thought...Shields up!

Paul





From:
reggaepass at aol.com
To:
caut at ptg.org
Date:
07/24/2009 02:50 PM
Subject:
Re: [CAUT] Cool grand action models



>From what I was told, they were made specially for the Renner damper 
class (which Schimmel, somehow, has a finger in).  Additional units may 
not be available, unless a sufficient quantity were to be ordered. 

Alan Eder


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu>
To: caut at ptg.org
Sent: Fri, Jul 24, 2009 11:35 am
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Cool grand action models

Those were the ones!  I didn't see anything in my Renner stuff here.  I'll 
look into Schimmel.  They're probably spendy I'll bet! 

Thanks, Alan 

Paul 



From: 
reggaepass at aol.com 
To: 
caut at ptg.org 
Date: 
07/24/2009 01:18 PM 
Subject: 
Re: [CAUT] Cool grand action models




Paul, if you are referring to the multi-note action models used in the 
hands-on damper class taught by Renner USA, I was told that those were 
made by Schimmel. 

Alan Eder


-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu>
To: caut at ptg.org
Sent: Thu, Jul 23, 2009 10:54 am
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Cool grand action models

Renner, I believe. 
Regards, 
Fred Sturm 
University of New Mexico 
fssturm at unm.edu 



On Jul 23, 2009, at 9:08 AM, Paul T Williams wrote: 

Hi All, 

I was checking out the pics on the blog from GR.  That hands-on class that 
had all those multi-note grand action models look very cool.  Who makes 
them, or who know where to get some? I would really like to use them for 
my Univ class I teach every spring and could teach students better than 
using the single note models I have.   

Thanks!  Wish I could have been there! 

Paul 

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