[CAUT] Steinway Seminar at Oberlin

[Donald McKechnie]

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List,

Eric Schandall asked me to pass on the following information =20
regarding the Steinway Seminar at Oberlin.

Don

Steinway & Sons and Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Present



Concert and Technical Strategies For Institutional Technicians



For the third consecutive year, Steinway & Sons and Oberlin =20
Conservatory of Music are pleased to offer a Seminar entitled, =20
Concert and Technical Strategies For Institutional Technicians, to be =20=

held the week of July 9-14, 2006, at Oberlin Conservatory of Music in =20=

Oberlin, Ohio.

               This Seminar will provide an educational opportunity =20
that is unique in character, content, and practical hands=96on =20
experience in one of the largest and most prestigious music schools =20
in the United States. The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, home to 199 =20
Steinway grand pianos, is Steinway=92s oldest continuous client and has =20=

been an all-Steinway school since 1877.

              The seminar will focus on the ways that institutional =20
technicians approach Steinway pianos which are not only under =20
constant use, but which also must meet high-level performance =20
requirements in studios and on the concert stage. The Conservatory =20
facilities will be used extensively, from working on studio pianos to =20=

listening to the concert instruments of the Conservatory concert venues.

Each day will begin with a lecture addressing regulating, tuning and =20
voicing in the university setting. Particular attention will be paid =20
to maintaining Steinway & Sons instruments. Each attendee will work =20
on a piano in the school, under supervision of the instructors from =20
both the Conservatory and Steinway & Sons in New York.
Additionally there will be afternoon discussions that will address =20
particular aspects of the institutional technician=92s duties. There =20
will also be evening lectures, musical presentations and social time.

The instructors from Oberlin Conservatory will be; John Cavanaugh, =20
Director of Piano Technology, Robert Murphy Curator of Forte Pianos =20
and Piano Technician and Ken Sloan Director of Piano Technology =96 =20
Emeritus.

Technicians from Steinway & Sons, New York will be Ed Wedberg,  =20
Assistant Head Technician of the Concert Department at Steinway Hall =20
in New York City, and Eric Schandall, Administrator of Technical =20
Training and Education.

Intrigued? Enrolment will be limited to 12 students. Interested =20
institutional piano technicians may contact us for further =20
information at:


Steinway & Sons

Eric Schandall

Administrator of Technical Training and Education

Tel 718-267-3251

Fax 718-932-4332

eschandall@steinway.com










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