Lawrence, I worked with her last season and found her very nice to work with. My impression, based on her choice between our two pianos, is that she prefers a lighter action and a tone that's bright and transparent. The program included the Beethoven Eroica Variations and Bach's Goldberg Variations. Steve On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Lawrence Becker wrote: > All- > > Ms. Hewitt will be playing a concert here in Cincinnati this Sunday 2/25 as > part of the Xavier Piano Series. She is scheduled to play Capriccio in Bb, > BWV 992 & Toccata in Cmin, BWV 911 by Bach, Variations & Fugue in Eb, Op.35 > by Beethoven, Ravel's Miroirs, and a Fantasia from Annees de Pelerinage II, > No. 7 by Liszt. > > For those of you who have prepared pianos for her, any advice? Sounds like > evenness of voicing is high on her list. Also, though I will probably keep > the piano in ET, I would like to hear suggestions as to what may be a > suitable temperament for such a program. Ed? Others? > > Lawrence > > Lawrence Becker, RPT > Piano Technician > University of Cincinnati > College-Conservatory of Music > > _________________________________________________ Steve Brady, RPT Head Piano Technician, University of Washington Editor Emeritus, Piano Technicians Journal
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