George Winston contract

[robert sadowski]

List,
     I agree. Saw him in Jamestown N.Y.last year.  He's sort of a "Yanni" of
the piano.  Not much substance.  A lot of "fluff".

Bob Sadowski
Erie, PA

-----Original Message-----
From: Billbrpt@aol.com <Billbrpt@aol.com>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Sunday, November 30, 1997 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: George Winston contract


>In a message dated 97-11-30 09:32:34 EST, you write:
>
><< The contract _was_humorous.
> After all the hype and hoopla, the show just about put me to sleep. >>
>Sorry about the duplicate, you press the wrong button, it's too late!
>     I would tend to agree with all of those who find Winston's contract
>overbearing and imposing.  I don't care for his music either.  I think if
he
>would let me tune and voice the piano according to my own professionally
>developed techniques, he might truly be inspired that evening to create
>something memorable.
>    I think these explicit instructions however are his attempt to get at
>least SOMETHING done about the very poorly kept pianos that he more than
too
>often encounters.  During my entire experience as a professional piano
>technician and a member of PTG, I have always been confounded by the vast
gap
>between what is talked about as the norm here, among this group and at
>functions like PTG seminars and the bleak reality we face on a day to day
>basis.
>    Unfortunate it is that these "instructions" will be laughed at by the
few
>good technicians and pianos he encounters and do virtually nothing to
improve
>the situation in the majority of cases.
>    Bill Bremmer RPT
>    Madison, Wisconsin
>    "I have only one real enemy...Mediocrity"
>