[CAUT] Hall compliment & soundboard seminar

[Mark Cramer]

Thanks Ed, that's quite a complement, I'll have to pass that one on.

The Soundboard Seminar at Brandon University (11 years ago!) was a 
wonderful event with great memories and friendships. And it's amazing 
how /soundboard replacement/ became part of the /small-shop repertoire/ 
almost overnight.

In any case the main idea was to provide a /"single-focus event/" with a 
depth of experience that wasn't then possible at a convention. Since 
then, the idea has really caught on, with many "sponsored one-day 
events" at convention, and more recently, multi-day seminars at PTG's 
home office. This is a great trend, and showed how hungry many in our 
trade are for deeper skills. I've often thought about putting together 
another event, and the University has been very interested, but with the 
abundant opportunities nowadays, I wonder if it's needed. Not that it 
wouldn't be a lot of fun! :>)

Again thanks, and best regards!
Mark Cramer,
Brandon University





On 03/03/2011 11:33 AM, Ed Sutton wrote:
> Mark-
> I think it's likely that your school has the finest recital hall in 
> North America! It's the only one I know of where the walls can be 
> "tuned" by the performer to give the desired liveliness.
> And your faculty may well be the most piano-aware on the continent as 
> well.
> When's the next technicians' seminar?
> Ed Sutton
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Mark Cramer <mailto:cramer at brandonu.ca>
>     *To:* caut at ptg.org <mailto:caut at ptg.org>
>     *Sent:* Thursday, March 03, 2011 11:03 AM
>     *Subject:* Re: [CAUT] Fwd: Steinway sound-Hammer weights
>
>>     I don't think it works in the concert hall, or in the
>>     professional pianist's studio (or as the serious student's
>>     practice instrument). Perhaps there are exceptions, and if so I'd
>>     like to hear about them.
>>     Regards,
>>     Fred Sturm
>>     fssturm at unm.edu <mailto:fssturm at unm.edu>
>>     “Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a/hammer/with which
>>     to shape it.” Brecht
>>
>
>     The SD-10 in our recital hall was an old rehearsal piano, until
>     several of our faculty heard it with the new Ronsen Weickerts.
>     Apparently they won't be giving it back anytime soon, because
>     today I'm having to fit it with Jurgen's wonderful concert casters.
>
>     In December, I removed a 4 month-old set of Renner Blue-Points
>     (same felt, but apparently a different execution) from the
>     Steinway D in the same recital hall, and replaced them with a set
>     of Ronsen Weickerts obtained through Dale Erwin.
>
>     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."
>
>     BTW, with regard to "professional," at least five of our piano
>     faculty are professionally represented, and have active
>     international touring careers. Wonderful people, each and every
>     one of them, but they sure keep us on our toes!
>
>     best regards,
>     Mark Cramer, RPT
>     Brandon University
>
>     PS I believe the Blue-Points are bored at 51mm length, pitched 1
>     degree back, and 90 degrees to the shank through the capo section,
>     tapered crown-to-tail, coved and arced nicely by "Alice" at Renner
>     USA. If this suits anyone, please contact me _privately_ and you
>     can have them for $250.00 USD. (do the math!)
>
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