[CAUT] Fwd: Steinway sound-Hammer weights

[Horace Greeley]

At 03:32 PM 3/3/2011, you wrote:
>Hey Fred,
>
>      All things said, If I would have provided Cristiana Pegoraro a
>piano with soft hammers to showcase her playing the
>" Revolutionary Etude " the other night instead of the brilliantly
>projecting  D she wowed the crowed with, well, I would be looking for
>a job in Libya today.

Now, Brent...if you went there, all you'd have to work on would be 
Hamburgers...you wouldn't all of us to play with.  On the other hand, 
you might feel that you had been...ah...wellllll...Libyated...as it were.

Cheers!

Horace



>Brent
>
>--- On Thu, 3/3/11, Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu> wrote:
>
>From: Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu>
>Subject: Re: [CAUT] Fwd: Steinway sound-Hammer weights
>To: caut at ptg.org
>Date: Thursday, March 3, 2011, 10:42 AM
>
>On Mar 3, 2011, at 9:03 AM, Mark Cramer wrote:
>
> > Almost immediately, one of our faculty pianists, who had 
> "cancelled" a recording on that piano in fall, sent me a note... 
> "our Steinway's back!!"
> > Sorry I don't have time to elaborate further, I'll just say "it's 
> been a long time since something that easy made so many people so happy."
>
>
>     Thanks! I have read testimonials that said the technician loved 
> those hammers, but the question is really whether the artists do as 
> well, whether it serves in the concert situation. Often those two 
> are in conflict (which is one thing this whole convoluted thread 
> has been about). I look forward to some elaboration, especially 
> concerning what kind of prep the hammers were given.
>Regards,
>Fred Sturm
>fssturm at unm.edu
>http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/FredSturm
>