Robin...
Your the man...great gig even if the cold screwed you up. Let's hear about the adventures of the day?
David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA 94044
Original message
From: dcrpt at comcast.net
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 1/23/2009 8:17:42 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] tuning cold pianos (for Inauguration)
I was ready to tune it at 20 degrees,but nobody asked me about it. I was planning to tune it twice before they sound checked on Monday Am,another tuning later monday pm,put it to bed with a plywood box cover the Capitol people had made, plus a heater and maybe even an electric blanket.On tuesday I had planned to remove the cover and heaters,tune at 7:00am and a final tuning at 9:00am before the Boy/Girl Choir started singing at 9:30.
The piano would have stayed in tune but the sound mix could never have been as good as the pre-recorded tape. Robin
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 9:48:43 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [pianotech] tuning cold pianos (for Inauguration)
Did you also catch the newest story that during the inauguration what you were listening to was actually recorded—remember Milli Vanilli? They apparently felt that the piano would not stay in tune below 55 degrees.
David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of paul bruesch
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 6:38 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] tuning cold pianos (for Inauguration)
>From my musician sister...
<snip>
did you happen to catch the interview with Yo-Yo Ma on All Things Considered this eve? Apparently the string players soaped their bow hair,the piano tech uncoupled the key action from the strings ... and the clarinetist, one assumes, didn't blow.
</snip>
Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 7:14 AM, Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft <AlliedPianoCraft at hotmail.com> wrote:
OK, further info. It's been released.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/arts/music/23band.html?_r=1&hp
Al
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