[CAUT] New

Joel A. Jones jajones2 at wisc.edu
Mon May 21 06:52:02 MDT 2007


Mike,
As well,  the pickers should be the ones who are respected amongst the 
faculty.  This piano
will always be known as the one that Dr.xxxxxx picked out.     Humph...
Joel
Joel Jones, RPT
Madison, WIl
On May 21, 2007, at 7:18 AM, Michael Jorgensen wrote:

> One pianists trash is another ones treasure.  Be certain the one(s) 
> doing the choosing are the one(s) who will do the playing.
>  -Mike Jorgensen   
>
>
>  On 5/20/07 9:21 AM, "David M. Porritt" <dporritt at smu.edu> wrote:
>
>> A few days ago I wrote about our killer half-octave and asked for 
>> suggestions.  Again I want to thank all who responded with many good 
>> suggestions some of which I’m going to try to implement soon.
>>   
>>  There are some (many?) who think the only solution is purchasing a 
>> new D so I’m asking you all for your experience.  Have any of your 
>> schools bought a new D recently that was really great?  I have to say 
>> that the new Ds I’ve seen lately – including one we bought in 1993 – 
>> have been somewhat less than wonderful.  I’m hoping that my 
>> experience is atypical and that many of you have seen and worked on 
>> some wonderful ones.  I really need honest answers from you.  As much 
>> as I would prefer to have a remanufactured/redesigned piano, the 
>> We-Need-A-New-D people might have a louder and more credible voice 
>> than mine.  If this be the case I’d love to think that we have a 
>> chance to have a really good piano.
>>   
>>  Thanx!
>>   
>>  dave
>>
>>  __________________________
>> David M. Porritt, RPT
>>  Meadows School of the Arts
>> Southern Methodist University
>>  Dallas, TX 75275
>> dporritt at smu.edu
>>   
>>
>
>  
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