Question About Setting Octaves in the High Treble

[Barbara Richmond]

I've never had a pianist make any comment about stretch.  String players, 
though, are a totally different matter....

Barbara Richmond



>>Curiously enough tho.... all complaints I've ever had from pianists
>> about top octaves have come when they are stretched.
> That's because most guys stretch...flame suit on...like a gorilla gives a
> love bite: extreme.
>>  I've to date never
>> run into a pianist what complains about the treble being too low.
> I have, interestingly enough.  A lot, in fact, in the studio circuit.