This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Brendel is known as being quite a good technician. I agree with him = that under most circumstances pianists could do a lot to help their cause by learning more about the instrument and technicians can also benefit from understanding pianistic problems by knowing how to play. Easier said = than done often. I can say unquestionably that although I am not a concert = level pianist, having studied the piano for many years has helped me = enormously in understanding goals of tone production, action design, regulation and balance. =20 =20 David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net=20 -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On = Behalf Of James H Frazee Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 8:34 AM To: An open list for piano technicians Subject: A humble aside to the Temperment discussions . . . =20 First, let me say I've enjoyed every thoughtful contribution to this discussion and its whole should be presented as the paradigm of what's = good about the PTG and its members. I want to direct those interested to a = book by Alfred Brendel, his collected essays, entitled Alfred Brendel On = Music, specifically the chapter titled "Coping with Pianos", ppgs 335f. In = this writing, I quote, "If only one could make some piano players understand = that they would be of greater service to music as piano technicians! The training of the tuner should, in any case, put more emphasis on the = artistic education of the ear. And tuners should-in my Utopian view-be better pianists. On the other hand, all pianists should be expert voicers-if = only in self-defence. A course on the regulating and voicing of pianos = should be obligatory for all piano students at music schools.", end quote. =20 The chapter goes on about the differences and similarities of pianists = and technicians and I'd recommend it to your attention. As a pianist who = has studied at both I.U. and at Juilliard in the night division, I know that very few pianists have any knowledge of the technician's art and capabilities. Other than the cr=E8me de la cr=E8me, most don't even = know how to describe what they want to us. Having attended master classes with both Brendel and Leon Fleischer, I wouldn't doubt that they would enjoy our deliberations here and might even contribute to them. I have scanned = other books in my library about and by great pianisits for references to temperments but to no avail. I'd be curious if any of you have seen temperments discussed by them. =20 I'm a lurker, as they say, but must say Thank You! to writers like = David Love, Mr. Stein, Ron, virtually every single person who has made this discussion to fruitful. =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/11/7f/30/23/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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