John: I like this idea. Paying extra might make orchestras think twice. Tuning to higher pitches is as good as a major pitch raise so why not charge for it. I may bring this idea up with our performance area supervisors and see what they say. Thanks. Richard West, University of Nebraska John Minor wrote: > Bolshoi Orchestra is who I last tuned to 442. It's not really that hard to > do, I just wish they would recognise that it's asking for alot....like > asking for Perrier water chilled to 39 degrees F. If they'd throw a few > extra dollars into the piano repair fund I'd be happy! > > One of the old stage hands touring with the orchestra gave me a few > pointers on voicing just as the house began to open!!! He actually seemed > top know what he was talking about, althought I didn't understand a word > of his Russian!!! It was "interesting". > > John Minor > University of Illinois > > On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, David Denison wrote: > > ]Funny you should mention it. Although not my regular gig, I recently filled > ]in at the Tilles center for the regular tech who was out of town that > ]weekend. The Bolshoi Orchestra was performing and requested A442 for the > ]soloist. The house Steinway D (#117) is maintained, more or less, at 440 > ](so is the CFIII Yamaha). Rather than chase the pitch around on the house > ]piano, the artist (sorry, didn't get his name) chose another one (#145) at > ]Steinway Hall which was tuned to 442 when it came in. Made my life a whole > ]lot easier. > ] > ]David Denison, RPT > ]Long Island, NY > ]Nassau Chapter > ] > ]"Keep It Simple" > ] > ] > ]----- Original Message ----- > ]From: "John Minor" <jminor@uiuc.edu> > ]To: <caut@ptg.org> > ]Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 7:36 PM > ]Subject: Re: A-442? > ] > ] > ]> Not much else pertaining to pianos. Thanks for checking on it! > ]> > ]> John > ]> > ]> > ]> At 04:20 PM 3/21/2001 -0500, you wrote: > ]> >John and all, > ]> >I just spoke with the production manager at Tilles Center regarding your > ]> >observation. He was extremely gracious in supplying the following > ]information: > ]> >1) The information is incorrect. The pianos are kept floating > ]> >between 440 & 441 as a matter of practicality. He was surprised when I > ]> >brought it to his attention, and was going to have the information > ]changed. > ]> >2) They stipulate that if 442 is required, a different piano is > ]> >brought in (from Steinway), presumably at performing group's expense (I > ]> >forgot to ask, but it would stand to reason). > ]> > > ]> >John, did you find anything else of interest? > ]> > > ]> >David Skolnik > ]> >Columbia University > ]> >New York > ]> > > ]> > > ]> >At 04:01 PM 03/20/2001 -0600, you wrote: > ]> >>I was searching the web for any references to A-442 and found the > ]> >>following page for Long Island University with info that says both > ]concert > ]> >>instruments stay at 442. Anyone have a possible explanation? > ]> >>http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/tilles/tech/main.html > ]> >> > ]> >>John Minor > ]> >>University of Illinois > ]> > > ]> > ]> > ]
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