key bushings...way off topic

[Ed Sutton]

MARY!!!

I think it was made in France and Russia; it was in French and Russian with
subtitles.  I saw it about 6 or 7 years ago in a small theater in New
Orleans.  Chances of finding it a Blockbuster Video are nil.  Some towns
have a video store specializing in a real art film market.   Or maybe there
is a source on the Internet.
It is a delightfully funny, romantic, and ultimately uplifting fantasy.
I hope you an find it.

Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary C. Smith" <MarySmith@mail.utexas.edu>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: key bushings...way off topic


> ED!!!
>
> Enquiring minds want to know...where and when did this movie come out? Is
it
> available on VCR? I must see this...sounds classic.
>
> Mary
>
>
>
> >By the way, there is a wonderful movie called "Window to Paris."
> >The male lead is a Russian piano tuner, and several of the cast are
workers
> >in a Russian piano factory.
> >The scene where they are selling smuggled pianos on a Paris sidewalk is
> >hilarious...slamming the tops with 4x4's while shouting "These pianos are
> >strong!!"
> >Ed Sutton
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
> >To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
> >Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 6:53 PM
> >Subject: Re: key bushings
> >
> >
> >> I dont think Del was actually attempting to make a case for Russian
> >> Pianos in general, as much as he was pointing out how many good
> >> inventions through the past have just been ignored or left in the
> >> proverbial dust for no real good reason.
> >>
> >> I thought it was pretty cute really. Tho I aggree with your experiences
> >> otherwise with the Russian piano building industry. One of the worst
> >> I've seen was something called "Etyde". You never knew exactly what to
> >> expect... one day you would break a tuning pin on one and the next one
> >> you ran into might have loose pins, or you might even pack one out of
> >> the crate and watch it literally explode before your very eyes.
> >>
> >> RiCB
> >>
> >> > Otto Keyes wrote:
> >> >
> >> > This is quite a contrast to the Russian console I did for a friend
> >> > several years back.  It had floated in somebody's basement for awhile
> >> > before he hauled it away.  As a cabinet maker, he made a whole new
> >> > case for it, while it was my task to glue the rest of it back
> >> > together. (You know the dumb things friends talk you into, & you kick
> >> > yourself because you really do know better, but you're in too deep, &
> >> > he already has the case made for it.)  The case ended up being the
> >> > best part, but it did work & sound somewhat like a percussion
stringed
> >> > instrument when it was all over.
> >> >
> >> > The casting of the plate was all over the place.  Action quality &
> >> > geometry would have made even Aeolian cringe.  The screw slots were
> >> > nowhere near the center of the screws.  It did not have those neat
> >> > adjustable key bushings.  A Polish pianist friend said it was a 2nd
> >> > quality of 3 in the Russian piano industry of the time.  I'd sure
hate
> >> > to have seen the 3rd.  That was one I was glad to see the back of,
but
> >> > they are still enjoying it today.
> >> >
> >> > Otto
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> --
> >> Richard Brekne
> >> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> >> UiB, Bergen, Norway
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> >> http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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