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In a message dated 2/1/01 2:16:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, A440A@AOL.COM 
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> "We will need to remove the diagonal screwed-in bar on one of the hall
> pianos for the performance (I don't recall which, but will figure it out by
> this weekend) in order to strum strings that are on either side of the 
> bar.""
> 
>     I don't really think taking the plate strut out is a good idea,  seems 
> like it isn't going to go back in very gracefully.  Anybody out there have 
> experience with strut removal and reinstallation, under full tension,  on a 
> Steinway D?  
> Thanks, 
> Ed Foote RPT
> 
> 

I guess this is only anecdotal, Ed, but being from Philly, George Crumb 
pieces are performed on a regular basis here. (He was/is a U of Penn prof) 
Although we all hate "prepared pianos", I have NEVER heard of one of his 
compositions needing a plate strut removed.

Gotta be another way. 

Richard Galassini
Cunningham Piano Co. & Factory
Philadelphia, Pa.
1 (800) 394-1117
 <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/voce88/cunn.html">http://hometown.aol.com/voce88/cunn.html</A> 

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