prepped piano HELP! (xlist)

Donald McKechnie dmckech@ithaca.edu
Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:32:54 -0800


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Conrad,

Several years ago Alan Eder came out with a very good video on proper
ways to prepare a piano. I do not have any contact info handy other than
his phone number in the PTG directory. I suggest getting a copy of this
video if possible and showing it to the professor.

Don


> Friends,
>
> It's a monday in the trenches again...
>
> Came in to find a message from one of the piano profs.  He'd done some
> preparation to the NYC D and says he will be doing the same to the
> hamburger D before his Wednesday recital.
>
> I found:
> -key letter designations taped to the damper heads. not a problem with the
> tape he used.
> -nodes marked on strings (plain & wound) with MASKING TAPE!
>
> I do not like any tape at all on strings, and masking tape leaves a residue.
>
> Since little mushroom me is not likely to dissuade him from taping, what
> tape is the least offensive (for someone hell-bent on taping) to use????
>
>
> Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician
> Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
> Vox-(563)-387-1204 // Fax (563)-387-1076
>
> - People never grow up, they just learn how to act in public. -Bryan White
>

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