[Alan McCoy]

Interesting. I tried reading this book a year or so ago and got about
halfway through it. Couldn't finish it. Something about the way the author
was romanticizing pianos and piano technicians got in the way for me. Maybe
I'll try again someday...

Alan

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Alan McCoy, RPT
EWU Piano Technician
509-359-7017
amccoy@mail.ewu.edu


> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of
> Jeff Tanner
> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 8:39 AM
> To: College and University Technicians
> Subject: RE:
>
>
> Hi Alan,
> For a class of this perspective, I would recommend that the book
> "The Piano
> Shop on the Left Bank", by Thad Carhart (2001), be required reading.  It
> was recently recommended to me by one of our piano professors who
> accidentally happened upon it, and I purchased it this week.  I'm only
> about 1/4 through the book, but can already see the value it
> would have for
> anyone who has even a passing interest in the piano!
>
> I don't do much book reading, but I have found it quite enchanting
> (particularly from our perspective!).
>
> Jeff
>
> Alan McCoy wrote:
> >The idea I have for the class is basically to enhance
> communication between
> >pianists and technicians. So many pianists are clueless about their
> >instrument. I want to address that so that especially piano
> majors know what
> >is possible for a given piano and know how to ask for it. So my
> aim is not
> >to train someone to be a technician, but to teach about the piano from a
> >technical perspective. I will most likely approach this from a practical
> >point of view covering things like naming notes (D5 instead of "the D two
> >octaves above mid C), historical temperaments, naming piano
> parts, knowing
> >how actions work, pulling in a unison, answering the basic
> questions we all
> >hear (how often should I tune....etc) that sort of thing.
> >
> >Alan
>
> Jeff Tanner
> Piano Technician
> School of Music
> 813 Assembly ST
> University of South Carolina
> Columbia, SC 29208
> (803)-777-4392
> jtanner@mozart.sc.edu
>
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