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<DIV>Jeff-</DIV>
<DIV>Cage's philosophy emphasises the importance of random choices, so I would just go with the flow and not worry about precision.</DIV>
<DIV>Also, I would use brass screws.</DIV>
<DIV>Ed S.<BR><BR>-----Original Message----- <BR>From: Jeff Tanner <JTANNER@MOZART.SC.EDU><BR>Sent: Oct 5, 2005 1:36 PM <BR>To: College and University Technicians <CAUT@PTG.ORG><BR>Subject: Re: [CAUT] John Cage, "The Earth Shall Bear Again" <BR><BR><ZZZHTML><ZZZBODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; khtml-nbsp-mode: space; khtml-line-break: after-white-space"><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>On Oct 5, 2005, at 11:48 AM, Otto Keyes wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=3>My vote is to let the earth bear it....again.....give the rest of us a break</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=3>outside the cage...</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=3>Otto</FONT></P><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>Well, I would vote with you, but it is beginning to look like my preferences and suggestions that prepared piano accelerates piano wear are being totally ignored. </DIV>
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<DIV>"I just want to do something different" </DIV>
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<DIV>"but it sounds so cool"</DIV>
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<DIV>Yeah, some people probably think the sound of an airliner colliding with a tall building sounds cool and different too.</DIV>
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<DIV>Anyhow, I agreed to help her with the preparation. This piece didn't look too involved as long as she lets me help. Rather do it that way than find a bunch of maimed damper felt and broken strings. The problem is going to become that she will want to rehearse it on a prepared practice room piano from now till March. </DIV>
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<DIV>Question is this: the instructions give exact distance from the damper to place the screws, bolts, etc. How much does piano make and model affect what Cage was after? (I mean, really, was there really a method to his madness? or was this guy just really doing some serious d-basing?) When he says "bamboo", is it a "slice" of large bamboo or a "tube" of smaller diameter bamboo (like what he was using to snort coke? maybe a doobie holder?)? green or dried? and what is usually used for the "plastic" weaved around the low A, Bb, and B? Drink straw maybe? (see snort)</DIV>
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<DIV>No. I'm sorry. I just can't take this music form seriously. But some people want to give it merit.</DIV>
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