<!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>The above named pianist played the Beethoven C minor on the new Steinwa= y, (the one I've been telling you about), with the Alabama Symphony in our conc= ert hall several weeks ago. Unfortunately, after the concert, Mr. Wolfram suppos= edly 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 ab= out the comment, and trashed the instrument in the paper. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <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.&nbs= p;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 cho= se the new one.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My question to you guys is this. Have any of you had any experience dea= ling 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> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>School of Music<BR>University of Alabama<BR>Tuscaloosa, AL USA</FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>