[CAUT] Stuart & Son on NPR

[Alan Eder]

Stuart is the source of the concept underlying  
the Phoenix bridge coupling system,

OK, so that is what they were teasing us about when they mentioned that the strings on a Stuart & Son "vibrate differently."  Not only is this development more interesting and important than the extra keys, but do more keys really count as innovation?  Once razors started having more than one blade on them, you didn't exactly have to be oracular to see where the trend was going.


Alan Eder


-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu>
To: caut <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Tue, Jan 18, 2011 4:33 am
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Stuart & Son on NPR


On Jan 18, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Dempsey Jr., Paul E wrote:

> So, what do we think?
>
> Paul E. Dempsey, RPT
>
I was hoping they would have additional material as they often do, not  
just the audio stream. Stuart is the source of the concept underlying  
the Phoenix bridge coupling system, a "bridge agraffe" (the Phoenix is  
different in a number of details). That is more interesting and  
important than the extra keys. And it got garbled as expected in a  
radio segment. But anything promoting the piano is a good thing.

Regards,
Fred Sturm
fssturm at unm.edu
http://www.youtube.com/fredsturm



 
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