Prepared Piano

[Joseph Vitti]

               State University of New York at Stony Brook
                       Stony Brook, NY

                                            Joseph Vitti
                                            Piano Technician
                                            Music
                                            516 632-7330
                                            17-Apr-1996 12:10pm EDT
FROM:  JVITTI
TO:    Remote Addressee                     ( _Pianotech@byu.edu )

Subject: Prepared Piano


I have lots of trouble convincing the piano faculty here that preparing our new
Steinway Ds ( plucking, using stickers on the dampers and strings, using
chisels on strings etc.) will cause them to deteriorate. Does anyone else have
this problem and is there anything in writing I can use to convince them that
it would be better to use a piano designated for prepared use.

Thanks

Joe Vitti