A couple of points and questions: Is Mike Conner a technician? Many pianists play the music Glenn Gould did, without altering the regulation in that way. That method allowed a fair number of double-struck notes in recordings. Does the success of such an attempt also require a similar technique, as well as sitting at the same height? Ted- what was the bench, or rather chair height? It's likely that there are fundamental differences between grand and upright action which would render attempting the latter unsatisfactory-I.e. since both hammer return and damper return are accomplished using springs rather than gravity, that tension would have to be optimal for both but would be distributed within a shorter blow distance, thus likely becoming a larger factor in the overall resistance of the keystroke, thereby negating the benefit he would have been striving for - greater control in softer playing. One way around some of this might be to tilt the piano forward to allow gravity to assist in the hammer return, with a corresponding weakening of the hammer springs. I remember William Santaella (sp?), who tuned for Alicia DeLarocha and was involved in Yamaha's period of grand development in late 80's and 90's, described efforts to design an upright with a forward leaning string plane which would accomplish this. I don't know if it has been employed elsewhere, either before or since. David Skolnik Hastings on Hudson, NY At 11:02 PM 4/8/2007, you wrote: >He liked minimal let-off and drop, and a keydip >of 5/16". He would have preferred no aftertouch. >The hammer blow was very short and the dampers >barely lifted. There is no reason this could not >be done on an upright. The hammer rest rail >would need to be raised to shorten the blow >distance, and the capstans turned up accordingly. > >Ted Sambell >----- Original Message ----- From: "marcel carey" <mcpiano at videotron.ca> >To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org> >Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 8:29 PM >Subject: Re: [CAUT] Fwd: [Experts] Glenn Gould pino adjustment > > >>Mike, >> >>I was told that Mr Gould liked as little as >>possible letoff. And I've been told that he >>even liked it when the letoff was non-existant. >>But the person to ask would be Ted Sambell. >> >>Marcel Carey, RPT >>Sherbrooke, QC >> >>Willem Blees a écrit : >>>Can any of you answer this guy? (From "Ask the experts"). >>>Wim >>> >>> >>>----- Forwarded message from Mike Conner <Mike090280 at aol.com> ----- >>> Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 20:33:38 -0600 (MDT) >>> From: Mike Conner <Mike090280 at aol.com> >>>Reply-To: Mike090280 at aol.com, experts at ptg.org >>> Subject: [Experts] Glenn Gould pino adjustment >>> To: experts at ptg.org >>> >>>I have read that Glenn Gould had a very >>>specific way of adjusting his pianos. I play >>>alot of the same music as he, and was >>>wondering if you could give me as much >>>information of his set up as you can. I only >>>have an upright so I probably will not be able >>>to get it the same, but I would like to try. >>> >>>Thank you >>>Mike Conner >>> >>>----- End forwarded message ----- >>> >>> >>>Willem Blees, RPT >>>Piano Tuner/Technician >>>School of Music >>>University of Alabama >>>Tuscaloosa, AL USA >>>205-348-1469 >>> >>> >>>
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