This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment ----- Original Message ----- From: "thepianoarts" <thepianoarts@home.com> To: <ptg-l@ptg.org> Sent: September 22, 2001 1:40 PM Subject: Texas State Convention - 'Put the Hammer Down' > > The Dallas / Ft.Worth area is gearing up for the Texas State = Association > seminar. Designer and builder Del Fandrich's all day class "Piano = Scale > Making - Understanding How Pianos Work", starts at 8:30, the morning = of > Thursday October 11th. All other classes start on Friday, the 12th. = and run > through Sunday the 14th. > > Need more information? Contact Leon Speir (e-mail) leonsp@swbell.net > 214-381-0212 > ------------------------------------------------------- To Whom It May Concern: I'm really going to have to come up with a new title and description for this class. The current title, Piano Scale Making, makes it sound like a lecture on how to design a new piano and that's not really what it's = about. It's more about understanding how piano design and piano features affect piano performance. It's about understanding how the various materials = and the various construction techniques yield certain predictable results in = the overall performance package. This is a class that keeps evolving. The handout is now up to 16 pages = and I've begun adding bits specific to vertical pianos. (Basic piano design, = of course, doesn't really care if it's applied to grands or verticals. = Piano design theory works the same in either case.) I've been adding things = for the rebuilder; illustrating some of the ideas we've been putting into = our remanufacturing work. I try to get some discussion in there about = voicing problems that are design and materials related and about matching = hammers to specific scales. I also discuss some of the basics of string scale = design and of rescaling old designs. The class is open to questions and each generation of the class (hopefully) reflects input from previous = classes. In other words, this is not a lecture on how to design a small grand = piano. It is a class on understanding small pianos in particular and pianos of = all sizes in general. It is a class on "Understanding How Pianos Work." Regards, Del Delwin D Fandrich Piano Designer & Builder Hoquiam, Washington USA E.mail: pianobuilders@olynet.com Web Site: www.pianobuilders.com ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/0b/1b/cd/4f/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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