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rightMargin=7><BR>Hey Brad,<BR><BR>Your website is=
amazing. How long have you been using it and do=
customers actually use it? How did you go about=
setting it up? <BR><BR>David=
Ilvedson<BR><BR><BR><BR>
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Original message<BR>From: Brad Smith, RPT=
<STAFF@SMITHPIANO.COM><BR>To: College and University Technicians=
<CAUT@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 22:14:11=
-0500<BR>Subject: RE: [CAUT] William Wolfram<BR><BR>
<DIV align=left><SPAN class=218360903-08032005>Right on=
David! </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218360903-08032005>Wim, we seldom get 'our=
day in court' even if we are right. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218360903-08032005>Sincerely seeking specific=
feedback eases tension, and helps us diagnose both pianist and=
piano.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=218360903-08032005>Most of all they feel=
'heard', and it tends to change their 'hearing'. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>Brad Smith, RPT<BR><A=
href="http://www.smithpiano.com/">www.smithpiano.com</A><BR>&nbs=
p; </DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT=
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> David=
Ilvedson [mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday,=
March 07, 2005 8:49 PM<BR><B>To:</B>=
caut@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [CAUT] William=
Wolfram<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR>Wim,<BR><BR>It would be helpful=
if the pianist had specific complaints. Action too=
heavy, unresponsive.. treble doesn't sustain...any chance of=
conferring with the artist? An email or letter, phone call=
to him would probably make him feel like he's been taken=
seriously and YOU want to fix the problems (if=
any)...<BR><BR>David Ilvedson<BR><BR><BR><BR>
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Original message<BR>From: <WIMBLEES@AOL.COM><BR>To:=
<CAUT@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 18:21:59=
EST<BR>Subject: [CAUT] William Wolfram<BR><BR><FONT=
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<DIV align=left>The above named pianist played the Beethoven C=
minor on the new Steinway, (the one I've been telling you=
about), with the Alabama Symphony in our concert hall several=
weeks ago. Unfortunately, after the concert, Mr. Wolfram=
supposedly made the comment "I will never come to Tuscaloosa=
again if I have to play on this instrument". What didn't help is=
that our local paper's critic heard about the comment, and=
trashed the instrument in the paper. </DIV>
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<DIV>Although I don't think the piano is as bad as it is being=
made out to be, I am taking a lot of heat from the some of=
the faculty members. I reminded them that 5 previous=
concert artists didn't say anything about the piano. In fact,=
two of them had their choice between our two grands, and chose=
the new one.</DIV>
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<DIV>My question to you guys is this. Have any of you had any=
experience dealing with Mr. Wolfram? I don't know the man, but=
have heard he is young and inexperienced. I've heard, from you=
guys, that the better players know how to play on any=
piano, but the less experienced are=
more critical.</DIV>
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<DIV>Wim
<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial PTSIZE="10"=
FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano=
Tuner/Technician<BR>School of Music<BR>University of=
Alabama<BR>Tuscaloosa, AL=
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