Hi, David, My experience with Dichter is pretty much that of Ed's. If the Hamburg is fairly recent, the damper timing should be basically OK. He used to practice on NYs with very little hardening, to build strength...Danny Pollack does the same thing; when they were doing more duo-piano stuff, Mischa would always take the "darker" piano, leaving the "brighter" one for Cipa. Either way, both appreciate a quick action, but become quickly annoyed by blocking or double-striking...I've always attributed that to their both having "grown up" on pre-teflon/pre-screwy-action S&S where there was a greater range of regulatory possibilities (which, I guess, is another way of saying that they both can make use of and appreciate an action which allows them to exercise the control they have...Like Ed said...the issue is one of control.) Also, he'll probably notice any extraneous action/damper/pedal noise. Wim...very sorry that you had that experience. I've tuned for the Dichters a lot over the years and never had an experience anything like what you describe. Is it possible that he was sick, or harried, or something? ...Not trying to make excuses, but just surprised because this is very outside my memory of either of them. Best. Horace At 08:26 PM 1/27/2010, you wrote: >Thanks Ed... > >I'm confident in our Hamburg...I will take the time to go through it >few times. > >David Ilvedson, RPT >Pacifica, CA 94044 > >----- Original message ---------------------------------------- >From: "Ed Foote" <a440a at aol.com> >To: caut at ptg.org >Received: 1/27/2010 7:56:30 PM >Subject: Re: [CAUT] misha dichter > > > > > > > > > >We are having Misha Dichter performing solo next month. Does anyone know > >whether he prefers NY Steinways or Hamburgs? Also, any input on > experiences > >with him would be appreciated... > > > >My experience with him was that he is very particular about damper > timing. He > >wants that pedal to shut them all off at the same time! > > Extremely consistent let-off is the only way to avoid questions > about itt, too. Fairly > >high checking will be good insurance. > > He is tolerant of uneveness in voicing if he has an action that > he feels comfortable > >controlling. > > >Regards, > >Ed Foote > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100127/5f614772/attachment.htm>
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