Crumb's "Makrokosmos"

[Avery Todd]

Fred,

   In a performance of 'Whale' here last summer, we used a Yamaha C-3 for
the faculty member playing. If I'm not mistaken, a Steinway L works well,
also. Just FYI for the future.

Avery

>I don't recall where the struts need to lie for Makrokosmos, but for Voice
>of the Whale (which I did this past January), Steinway A through D don't
>have nearly enough bass notes. I chose to use a Kawai 5' plus instead of a
>concert grand. (A Baldwin M worked well for rehearsal). I believe this is
>true of all Crumb's piano works. He worked with the piano in his teaching
>studio, which was probably an M, or perhaps a Baldwin. For this reason,
>the concert D is usually a bad choice
>for the performer, and thus a good excuse to say it won't be used.

>Fred Sturm, RPT
>University of New Mexico