[CAUT] Agraffes and dampers

[Richard Brekne]

Hi Jeff

I agree... to some point :)  Lets face it... the only piano that even 
remotely has any design features that lend themselves to prepared piano 
music is the Sauter... and it only has some lines on the soundboard that 
indicate the position of a couple harmonics. The instrument was not 
designed at all for music involving all maner of foreign objects stuck 
in the strings or various hammering tools used to bang, pluck, zing or 
zang the strings into some kind of vibration. Nor were they designed to 
deal with heavy weights layed across string sections  or pianists 
dinking around with the damperheads.

That said... and this is where the to some point bit comes in..... as 
long as whatever preparation and useage does not result in a detriment 
to the design useage of the instrument.... I have no problem with any of 
it.  Quite the opposite.  The (carefull) exploration of sound that the 
instrument is capable of is a fascinating world.  What I dont understand 
is why this doesnt include temperament / tuning experiementations to any 
real significant degree.... but thats another issue.

Cheers
RicB


    I'm sorry.  I must disagree to some point.

    Performers seem to be of the opinion that the composers of this music 
    are more the authority of piano design than are manufacturers and 
    technicians.

    Fuddy-duddie or not, there must be some education that much of this 
    stuff is quite damaging to the piano.  Some of it doesn't even make 
    sense - like using a wedge mute for single unisons -- even the 
    largest ones just fall through to the soundboard.  I don't care how 
    much some of you respect some of the composers or how "cool" some of 
    that music sounds, it is my opinion that those who compose this type 
    of stuff are guilty of negligent vandalism, if there is such a 
    thing.  When some music departments require some form of this stuff 
    for composition students to graduate, so that framming on a $100,000 
    piano with a beer can is all one can come up with to meet the 
    requirement, there are serious problems with this form of composition.

    Jeff

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