dilemma

[Jeff Tanner]

On the other hand, when the school gets the outsider's bill, they'll 
see why you aren't such a bad guy to have around.
Jeff

On Wednesday, January 14, 2004, at 12:18 PM, A440A@aol.com wrote:

>    You may also have a dilemma lurking up ahead.  What can happen is 
> that the
> outsider comes in and does his thing, and you maintain it afterwards.  
> Though
> the piano will be in fine shape for a bit, as soon as it begins to
> deteriorate,  the faculty will wonder why you can't keep it just like 
> it was!
>   I have seen this before, and it tends to occur when the "Steinway 
> voicing",
> (which is usually a heavy handed soaking of the hammers combined with 
> needles
> for the harshest ones),  goes south.  This is a common problem I see 
> with the
> use of soft hammers and excessive lacquer;  it sounds great for a 
> semester or
> two, and then becomes impossible to voice.
>    The only way around it, that I see, is to pre-warn the faculty that 
> the
> glorious sound is not very durable, regardless of who is working on 
> it.  If the
> piano proves you wrong, they may forget you said it, but if it sounds 
> like a
> tin can in a year, you will be on record as having had reservations.
> Good luck,  it still sounds like they don't trust you!
>
>
> Ed Foote RPT
> http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
> www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
>
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Jeff Tanner, RPT
School Of Music
University of South Carolina