List, Unless something changes, I will need to be off the list for a week, maybe two. During our Texas Music Festival in June/July a George Crumb piece (Voice of the Whale) is being done that, according to the pianist, requires a Steinway L. Or at least a piano with basically the same scale breaks. So today, I suddenly find myself in the position of probably having to rebuild one of our Steinway L's and have it performance ready by June 26. The Steinway dealer doesn't have one that size in his rental fleet and he won't take a new one off his floor to rent (I can't really blame him). I'm ready now to start letting down the tension to remove the strings, so in order to get more work done more quickly, before I leave tonight I'm going to unsubscribe for a while. If anyone wants to get hold of me, just click on: mailto:atodd@uh.edu or address it to: atodd@uh.edu (I didn't know you could do the "mailto" thing either, in certain programs anyway, until someone sent me a message yesterday with that in it.) Enjoy the list. I'll miss it. Avery P.S. Has anyone ever done/heard/tuned for that Crumb piece? How "prepared" is the piano. The pianist says it's nothing damaging. ___________________________ Avery Todd, RPT Moores School of Music University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-4893 713-743-3226 atodd@uh.edu http://www.music.uh.edu/ MUSIC DEFINITIONS: Accelerando : what happens when drummers have to keep a steady beat.
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