Thanks all for the info. I'm looking forward to it, and I think it will be an exciting concert with top notch faculty and guest, but I had some concerns about string level/hammer mating issues, and I was trying to think of other potential problems. I know I'm in for some big tuning days ahead. Thanks! Zeno On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Charles K. Ball <ckball at mail.utexas.edu>wrote: > Hi Zeno-- > > We performed that piece here about 8 years or so ago. Corigliano came and > coached the two faculty members who performed. > > At first I resisted tuning down one of our good Steinway D's, but it turned > out to be one of the most memorable performances around here for some time. > The two faculty members are top notch. > > It was not that difficult with an electronic tuning device, and did not > have the adverse effect upon string leveling/hammer mating that I feared. > It took a total of no more than four hours up and down in pitch at most. > > Enjoy, > Charles > > On Jul 29, 2010, at 8:03 AM, Zeno Wood wrote: > > Anyone here ever tune for two-piano music by Corigliano, involving tuning > one piano down 1/4 step? Any advice? > > Thanks, > Zeno Wood > Brooklyn College > > > > Charles Ball, RPT > Head Piano Technician > The Butler School of Music > The University of Texas at Austin > 1 University Station, E 3100 > Austin, Texas 78712 > 512-471-0763 (office) > 512-923-2311 (cell) > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100729/861e6503/attachment.htm>
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