<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 3/17/2005 7:16:19 P.M. Central Standard Time, fssturm@unm.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>3) Before proceeding, make doubly sure you have spaced the hammers (and adjus= ted the una corda stop screw) as near perfectly as possible, by playing each n= ote in turn with pedal fully depressed, muting the right two strings with a ru= bber mute.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Frerd</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thank you for all the advice. I do everything you have suggested. As a matter of fact, I am going to be teaching a class at the convention on just = this subject, (spacing). It's call "Have heat gun, will travel". It about burning= , spacing, and traveling hammers. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In regard to the pedaling, as I mentioned, I have never seen a piano pl= ayer use the pedal as much as this guy does. I mean, he literally rides the thing= , almost as much as the sustain pedal. I don't think I have ever see him NOT u= se it, to some degree. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I read a paper once where a pianist, who also rode the pedal a lot, was= forced to play a recital without the use of the una corda pedal. He had to adjust his playing style completely, playing expressively. The review stated= he never sounded so good. That is why I think this professor thinks he is playi= ng expressively, because he pumps the pedal a lot, but I don't hear the nuances= he is trying to create. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>