<div> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thank you, Fred, for your recommendation of our video. <br>
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Like the BYU guidelines, in the video we recommended using chaulk. Our thinking has since "evolved" on this point. In an addendum we send out with every copy of "Non-Traditional Piano Use", we recommend that for most people, some kind of low-residue tape may work much better. <br>
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Fred, do you use the post-it edge rather than blue Scotch painters tape, or even drafting tape because they are too sticky?<br>
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Alan Eder<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Fred Sturm <fssturm@unm.edu><br>
To: caut <caut@ptg.org><br>
Sent: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 5:55 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [CAUT] prepared pianos<br>
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<pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>On 11/27/07 3:01 PM, "Kidwell, Ted W" <<a href="mailto:kidwellt@saclink.csus.edu">kidwellt@saclink.csus.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Has anyone developed cogent guidelines for the use of University pianos for<br>
> pieces involving extended techniques, prepared piano, and other non-standard<br>
> performances?<br>
> <br>
> Thanks for the help.<br>
> <br>
> Ted Kidwell<br>
> California State University, Sacramento<br>
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I'd recommend purchasing the "Non-Traditional Piano Use" video Alan Eder<br>
of Cal Arts made. Email him at <<a href="mailto:ReggaePass@aol.com">ReggaePass@aol.com</a>>.<br>
One amendment to the BYU guidelines: Unfortunately, chalk just won't<br>
stay on a string for real life node marking use. I advise using a thin strip<br>
(1/8" or less) of the adhesive part of a Sticky Note or equivalent. Wrap it<br>
around the string and glue to itself. Won't leave a residue, easy to remove<br>
afterwards. But you also need to educate the pianists about such things as<br>
how to insert a screw between strings, retrieve a dropped object, avoid<br>
damper damage, etc. Alan's video does a great job of that kind of thing.<br>
I'll also reiterate my comment (several times over the years) that many<br>
if not most works using prepared or inside the piano techniques are designed<br>
for more or less the equivalent of a Steinway L, and don't work well on a D<br>
(or other concert 9'). John Cage (prepared) used an O, George Crumb (general<br>
inside the piano techniques) used an L. The geometry involved in getting at<br>
strings, nodes, etc makes a B or D (or various other makes' equivalents) not<br>
a good choice. Some makes have plate struts that get in the way. IOW, it<br>
takes a little planning on the part of the pianist <G>. But a very good case<br>
can be made for advising against use of the concert instrument for many of<br>
these works, based simply on what piano is best for the music.<br>
Regards,<br>
Fred Sturm<br>
University of New Mexico<br>
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