He broke two hammer shank flanges! One string went out . . . my bad. Never had either of those happen since (about thirty years) Carl On Nov 8, 2010, at 10:38 AM, Fred Sturm wrote: > On Nov 8, 2010, at 7:08 AM, Shelley wrote: > >> So begging the question, who is the most powerful player that >> you’ve ever voiced/tuned for? > > > Actually, my vote for Cecil Taylor does not apply to "making the > piano go out of tune," just to really getting maximum motion out of > all the strings in the piano. I didn't find that his playing made > the piano go particularly out of tune, while the technique of other > pianists is more apt to do so. I think it has to do with a more > brittle attack, lack of fluidity in the technique - which is also > the kind of technique that will lead to broken strings and piano > parts, and to ugly sound as well. > Regards, > Fred Sturm > fssturm at unm.edu > "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness." Twain > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20101108/ed215b47/attachment.htm>
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