This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment ----- Original Message -----=20 From: David M. Porritt=20 To: caut@ptg.org=20 Sent: February 20, 2003 11:01 AM Subject: Re: String breakage The stature of our pianists would make me seem a tad cheeky to suggest = to them how they should be playing. On of our teachers at SMU stresses = forte playing to his students. He says that your piano means nothing if = your forte is not forte. As a result, both he and his students do break = a lot of strings. His job is playing and teaching. My job is fixing. =20 I can appreciate all of this, still.... The piano is a machine. It is = made to a design and of materials that have natural and intrinsic = physical constraints and limitations. They can only function well within = those constraints and limitations. That's life--piano teachers are not = gods, they cannot change physical realities. The fact that strings break = when the piano subjected to excessively hard playing is not a reflection = on the instrument, but on the player. After something over four decades = of struggling with this issue it is now my opinion that the player = should be made aware that he/she is pushing the instrument beyond its = design and structural limitations, that their apparent lack of basic = knowledge about and consideration for their instrument of choice is = ultimately destructive and, consequently, he/she should be willing to = accept the results--a reduced lifespan of various components such as = strings and hammers. With those ground rules in place, I agree. His job = is teaching, mine is fixing. Del ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/64/ff/63/09/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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