[CAUT] Fortepiano stability

[Anne Acker]

Off hand I would say these unstable pianos are not strung properly or the cases poorly built.   You should not have instability under the conditions described by Jim.  If that is the case then there isn't much you can do before performance time.   Nor is there anything you can do about bangy players...in any venue.

Anne




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From: "Jim Busby" <jim_busby at byu.edu>
> Hi Geoff,
> 
>  
> 
> I had a recording session with a fortepiano in a completely controlled
> environment (Museum w 42% RH, etc.) and it still needed tunings every
> 15-20 minutes, no matter what I did! Baldassin found the same thing and
> had no "advice" to give me. Conrad gave great advice; think "guitar".
> 
>  
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> Good luck.
> 
>  
> 
> Jim Busby BYU
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> 
> ________________________________
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> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
> Geoffrey Pollard
> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 5:37 AM
> To: College and University Technicians
> Subject: [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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