Oops I need to make a correction to myself here.Kimballs extravaganza was for the Olympics,not for the Super Bowl. Robin Olson ----- Original Message ----- From: Robin Olson <DCrpt@comcast.net> Date: Sunday, August 3, 2003 10:32 am Subject: Re: Emailing: 03SEAR > A correction to Debra Simon's quote about the most pianos in > one > place since the 1939 worlds fair.She must have meant in New York.I > think the Smithsonian Institiute and PBS had more than 21 pianos > in > their Piano Grand performance in honor of Piano 300.Also Kimball > sponsored a multiple piano event for the super bowl in 1985. > > Just wanted to set things straight. Robin Olson RPT > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Ross <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca> > Date: Sunday, August 3, 2003 7:56 am > Subject: Emailing: 03SEAR > > > 21 Rare Pianos Sought for Feat of Grand Intent > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > ------- > > > > August 3, 2003 > > 21 Rare Pianos Sought for Feat of Grand Intent > > By JAMES BARRON > > > > > > ujatri K. Reisinger, who sells pianos for a living, has > been > > working the phone, trying to borrow a few. Actually, more than a > > few: 21 grands, for a total of 1,848 keys. And all built by a > > relatively obscure Italian manufacturer that makes only 100 > > instruments a year. > > > > Mr. Reisinger, an owner of Klavierhaus, a piano shop on > West > > 58th Street between Broadway and Seventh Avenue, is looking for > > the pianos that will star in a concert during the opening week > of > > the 15th season of the Winter Garden at the World Financial Center. > > > > The pianos he is looking for are not Steinways, not Mason & > > Hamlins, not Baldwins, but Faziolis. So far, he said, he is two- > > thirds of the the way toward meeting his goal. > > > > Faziolis are shiny, expensive instruments made according to > > the designs of Paolo Fazioli, a concert pianist who went into > > engineering before he discovered his life's work: trying to > > reinvent the modern piano. > > > > The most talked-about of his company's six models is the > > F308, at least one of which will be among the 21 pianos Mr. > > Reisinger is rounding up. At 10 feet 2 inches and $140,000, it > is > > 14 1/4 inches longer and almost $50,000 more expensive than a > > Steinway concert grand. > > > > It has an extra pedal, for very, very soft playing. Whether > > it is needed for one piece that will be played on Sept. 25 - the > > world premiere of "Threnodia for 21," a piece by Daniele > Lombardi, > > an avant-garde Italian composer, and dedicated to the victims of > > the Sept. 11 attacks - remains to be seen. > > > > Also on the program is the first performance in this > country > > of Mr. Lombardi's Sinfonia Nos. 1 and 2 for 21 Pianos. > > > > In some passages of "Threnodia," Mr. Reisinger said, the > > pianists are to stand up, reach into the pianos and strum the > > strings. In other passages, they are to pound the keyboards. It > > will be something to see - and that, Mr. Reisinger said, is just > > what Mr. Lombardi had in mind. > > > > "He created a work that's important three-dimensionally, > > with the movement of the conductor and the movement of the > > artists," Mr. Reisinger said. "It is a sculpture in the making, > > right on the spot." > > > > Before there can be sculpture, or music, there must be 21 > > pianos. Mr. Reisinger, who sells Faziolis along with Steinways > and > > other pianos that he and his technicians have rebuilt, decided > to > > round up 21 Faziolis - something he has wanted to do since > meeting > > Mr. Lombardi in 1997 - and approached the World Financial Center > > about the holding the event. > > > > "When I told Paolo, he said it's impossible," Mr. Reisinger > > said. "He's never seen 21 Faziolis together in his life." But he > > will, assuming Mr. Reisinger succeeds: Mr. Fazioli has promised > > not only to attend the concert, but also to autograph each piano > > that is used. > > > > Mr. Reisinger has been calling other Fazioli dealers in > this > > country and in Europe. As of last week, he said that he had > > commitments for three Faziolis from Boston, four from Virginia > and > > four from Utah, maybe five. > > > > Rick Baldassin, a Fazioli dealer in North Salt Lake, said > > the number depended on whether his wife, Cindy, would let him > send > > the 7-foot-6 Fazioli in their living room along with four from > > their showroom. > > > > "I'm inclined to believe that she's O.K. with it," Mr. > > Baldassin said. "You can imagine. It's one thing to send the > > children from the store. It's another thing when you're sending > > the one from your house, but why not?" > > > > Debra Simon, the executive director of the World Financial > > Center's arts and events program, said the 21 pianos would be > the > > largest collection of pianos played at the same time in one > place > > since the 1939 World's Fair. And those pianos were uprights, not > > grands. > > Mr. Lombardi knows what it is like to have more than one > > Fazioli on hand. Mr. Reisinger said Mr. Lombardi once asked Mr. > > Fazioli to send him two. Mr. Fazioli did so, Mr. Reisinger said, > > but only after asking this question: "Can't you compose > something > > for 3 or 4 pianos instead of 21?" > > > > > > > > Copyright 2003 The New York Times Company | Home | Privacy > > Policy | Search | Corrections | Help | Back to Top > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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