[CAUT] Rzewski forearm smash

[David Love]

Yes, though employing forearm smashes (or even more vigorous individual note "smashes")  as test blows in the hope that it will help achieve greater stability is a waste of effort.


David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Eder <reggaepass at aol.com>
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Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:38:33 
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Rzewski is one of those pianists/composers with an intensely physical relationship with the instrument (to not put too fine a point on it!).


Alan Eder


-----Original Message-----
From: Zeno Wood <zeno.wood at gmail.com>
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Sent: Wed, Dec 15, 2010 12:29 pm
Subject: [CAUT] Rzewski forearm smash


In case you happen to be preparing a piano for Rzewski's Down By the Riverside, I recommend giving it the forearm smash about 50 times, because it happens about 49 times during the piece.

 

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