> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment On 1/11/05 9:11 AM, "Wimblees@aol.com" <Wimblees@aol.com> wrote: >> It might not be as much as an issue of actually doing something about it= , but >> when we're dealing with many different pianists, it is hard to adapt one >> instrument to the different demands of the many. It's one thing to work = with >> one pianist and his/her piano. But to try to change touch or tone to eve= ry >> pianist who comes along might do the piano more harm than good. I am not= a >> pianists, but perhaps that is one reason, as you pointed out, the experi= enced >> players will adapt, rather than demand the piano be changed to their nee= ds. >> =20 >> Wim=20 Hi Wim, Yes, quite true. For instance, I do not voice my (I consider them mine) concert instruments down to the point of really pleasing the =B3ham-handed=B2 folks who really want me to =B3take all the ugly out.=B2 I=B9ll do it to their private instrument (with much inner gnashing of teeth), but on the shared concert instrument I=B9ll do the minimum reversible surface work needed to =B3make them a bit happier.=B2 Same with regulation. It=B9s good to have some quick fix solutions up one=B9s sleeve for these purposes, like a very thin strip of felt under the backs of the keys (under back rail felt if possible= , but it can lie reliably on top as well) to reduce key dip and hammer blow =AD fairly noticeable change with little time involved. But if I start to hear comments and rumors that the piano is too damned bright from multiple sources, not necessarily face to face, I=B9ll definitely take it seriously. Or I often hear something in a concert that no one has ever said anything about. Over the years, one gets a sense of where the middle ground lies =AD where you will come closest to pleasing the majority. You won=B9t learn where that is unless you listen to as much commentary as you can get, directly or indirectly. I have received some of the most usefu= l feedback from the oddest and most unexpected sources. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/e9/e0/fc/24/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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