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<DIV><SPAN class=218342013-11112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
Geoff,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=218342013-11112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I'm no
expert, but I find that some instruments don't respond so well to hard blows. If
you find that your unisons are going sharp, you may be hitting too hard and
creating stability problems. Or is it just the temperature change... This is a
major factor with these instruments.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=218342013-11112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Marcel
Carey, RPT</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218342013-11112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Sherbrooke, QC</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Message d'origine-----<BR><B>De :</B> caut-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <B>De la part de</B> Geoffrey
Pollard<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> 11 novembre 2006 07:37<BR><B>À :</B>
College and University Technicians<BR><B>Objet :</B> [CAUT] Fortepiano
stability<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><!-- Converted from text/plain format -->
<P><FONT size=2>Hi all from Oz,<BR><BR>I'm tuning 3 fortepianos for the Mozart
triple piano concerto series this week and next, here in Sydney, for the
leading baroque orchestra. Have just staggered home from Sat night after
Friday night's first concert. Tuning stability was not good - and I am looking
for any help from fellow CAUTs on techniques to nail tunings that will last
more than one movement. I have about 2 hours pre-concert for tuning - 40 mins
each. I'm hitting hard, and the 3 are becoming more obedient, but the arrival
of 1.500 audience seems to unsettle them! Unison and octave drift. Any advice
from fortepiano gurus out there?<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>Geoff Pollard<BR>Sydney
Conservatorium of Music<BR>University of
Sydney<BR><BR></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>