Too bad others that were there and hear this night and day change don't chime in. Be skeptical, it is of course.... your choice. I have a question then Do acoustic instruments require acoustic environments to really shine. Peace. Dale S. Erwin www.Erwinspiano.com Custom restoration Ronsen Piano hammers Join the Weickert felt Revolution 209-577-8397 209-985-0990 -----Original Message----- From: Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu> To: caut at ptg.org Sent: Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:04 am Subject: Re: [CAUT] Should performers rule? (Was Lacquered hammers) On Feb 24, 2011, at 8:49 AM, Dale Erwin wrote: Fred Not discounting your opinion but my question remains. Did you hear any of them in their classroom setting? The experience was way different and that'smy point. Are you, discounting that? FWIW Honesty works for me. No, I did not hear them in a classroom. I did play them in the very early morning when nobody else was around, when it was quiet (I'm talking 6 am or so). You need to realize that I am VERY used to adapting to a tremendously wide range of piano or other keyboard in a wide range of venue. Clavichord, harpsichord, fortepiano, Victorian piano, Steingraeber/Phoenix, you name it. I _loved_ the Cristofori in KC, even though it was on an acoustically hideous balcony (and I performed mini-concerts there on the Schimmel, Baldwin, and Fandrich). At conventions I regularly play pianos in the exhibit hall and then in classrooms. So while you are welcome to believe that "if only I'd heard it there . . . ," I am skeptical it would have made much difference. Regards, Fred Sturm fssturm at unm.edu http://www.createculture.org/profile/FredSturm = -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20110224/63aca976/attachment-0001.htm>
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