[CAUT] RE : Fortepiano stability

[Marcel Carey]

Hi Geoff,
 
I'm no expert, but I find that some instruments don't respond so well to
hard blows. If you find that your unisons are going sharp, you may be
hitting too hard and creating stability problems. Or is it just the
temperature change... This is a major factor with these instruments.
 
Marcel Carey, RPT
Sherbrooke, QC

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Geoffrey Pollard
Envoyé : 11 novembre 2006 07:37
À : College and University Technicians
Objet : [CAUT] Fortepiano stability



Hi all from Oz,

I'm tuning 3 fortepianos for the Mozart triple piano concerto series
this week and next, here in Sydney, for the leading baroque orchestra.
Have just staggered home from Sat night after Friday night's first
concert. Tuning stability was not good - and I am looking for any help
from fellow CAUTs on techniques to nail tunings that will last more than
one movement. I have about 2 hours pre-concert for tuning - 40 mins
each. I'm hitting hard, and the 3 are becoming more obedient, but the
arrival of 1.500 audience seems to unsettle them! Unison and octave
drift. Any advice from fortepiano gurus out there?

Thanks,
Geoff Pollard
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
University of Sydney



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