<!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 6.00.2800.1491" 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>For what it's worth, the critic in the paper is actually a quite knowledgeable person. He is an English professor, and plays the piano a litt= le, (I used to tune his piano), but does a lot of research prior to any concert about the music that's going to be played. I have a feeling he talked with Wolfrom after the concert, because I don't think he could hear the problem f= rom the hall. (He is not that good). Here is the review in the paper.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"Here it was Wolfram's turn to do some exploring, as he felt his way al= ong the music halls' recently acquired and very powerful Steinway grand. Though = this instrument has not been played much, something is clearly amiss with the evenness, or lack of evenness in the sound it gives out. It's murky in the l= ower notes, rather soft in the middle range and downright brittle in the higher notes. This is a potential disaster for the Beethoven's C Major, in which th= e pianos' most dramatic touches arise from its' scales arpeggios and ornaments= - moments of maximum exposure. Though visibly (if fleetingly) surprised at wha= t he was hearing in the first movement, Wolfram was quick to take the measure of problem, working the brilliance of the instrument into a reading that the en= ergy level and let the most subtle of Beethoven's touches speak for themselves. H= is closing Rondo was a dance of triumph, rejoicing at the successful solution o= f a problem suddenly posed."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Horace mentioned the importance of a technician being available fo= r a recital. The Alabama Symphony was a guest at our music hall. 2 weeks prior t= o the concert, I asked our concert coordinator about a schedule: What time cou= ld I tune the piano, what time will the soloist be there to talk to me? All I got= , even up until two days before, was that they will set up the stage at 11. Nothing about when the soloist will show up, when he wanted to practice. For= all I knew, he was gong to show up at 3 o'clock in time for the concer= t, and play. So even if I had been there, there wouldn't have been much I could= do about it. Since I had a dress rehearsal to go to at the same time, I di= dn't even go to the concert, for which I had bought tickets. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You can imagine how I felt when I read the review in the paper. Did I mention how there are no classes offered that teach how to create= a thick skin. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>