<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1491" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV>Hi, Wim, rather than trying to limit pianistic creativity (how ever = mundane and tawdry) I would consider this another opportunity to do work and = execute the necessary repairs. </DIV> <DIV>"the one armed piano tuner"</DIV> <DIV>Chris Solliday </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@aol.com = href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 15, = 2005 10:03 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] rubbing back checks.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2> <DIV>Yesterday there was a note on the piano of one of the piano = profs' D, ("key rubs when holding down Db6 and playing C5)  Upon = inspection, I noticed the back checks were rubbing against each other. I wrote the = following to the professor. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR> <BR>> The problem with the keys you pointed out was = the Dd back check was<BR>> rubbing  <BR>> against the C back = check, but only when the Db was depressed. When I<BR>> had the  <BR>> = action out, I noticed several other back checks that were almost<BR>> = rubbing <BR>> against  their neighbors. There was one similarity with = all the ones<BR>> that were <BR>> close to  their neighbors. They = all belonged to a black key. Then I<BR>> looked at the <BR>> front = of  the key, and noticed they were very close to the white key.<BR>> <BR>>  <BR>> This is caused by playing glissandos on the = black keys. It has always<BR>> been  <BR>> advised for piano = players not to play glissando on the black keys.<BR>> Primarily  <BR>> = because the key button can't take the strain, but also because it<BR>> does = cause <BR>> the  key to move over, and thus create this problem. <BR>>  <BR>> Now, if you are not playing glissando on the = black key, I wonder if<BR>> perhaps  <BR>> when you play a = glissando on the white key, your fingers rub against <BR>> the <BR>> black = keys, causing them to move over. <BR>>  <BR></DIV> <DIV>His response was:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim,<BR><BR>"I rarely play glissandos."<BR></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My question to you guys is this. Have any of you experienced = this, and what solution do you have? This is a 45 year old D, with the original = action. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>His other comment was:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"Perhaps the technicians guild needs to take this matter up with = the <BR>composers guild, particularly the branch that deals with dead <BR>composers.  Debussy and Ravel were noted for their = transgressions into <BR>glissandi."<BR><BR></DIV> <DIV>Any takers for an ad hoc committee to investigate this problem = and make recommendations?<IMG = src="http://cdn-cf.aol.com/se/smi/0201d20638/02"></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim</DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 PTSIZE="10" = FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>School of Music<BR>University = of Alabama<BR>Tuscaloosa, AL = USA</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>