Ed et al- Crumb would probably prefer the smaller piano. It's easier to reach nodes on the long strings. Ken Sloane, nee Oberlin conservatory ============= --On Thursday, February 1, 2001 8:41 AM -0500 A440A@aol.com wrote: > Greetings, > Crumb has come to Vanderbilt, and the head of the music department is > telling me that the plate strut needs to come out of one of the concert > pianos, so the strings can be "strummed" for a student performance. > This looks like some peril, and a lot of retuning. I do know that one > of these bars will not go back in unless the tension is dropped a > WHOLE lot. Anybody got any info that will help me convince them it > would be cheaper to move one of our B's in, instead of destabilizing the > concert pianos? Regards, > Ed Foote RPT
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