Larry, At 07:12 AM 10/30/1998 -0700, you wrote: >At the Symphony last night Thibaudet performed Gershwin. Unfortunately >our symphony's piano is gutless. It got me thinking, has anyone ever >tried an under lid to direct more sound toward the audience? Yes, in fact there is now a patented mechanism (based, yet again, on earlier concepts) which does exactly that. On the other hand, what's up with the instrument your symphony has now? What is it's environment? (Hall, etc.) Does your conductor understand the concept of accompaniment? (E.G. - does the performance work like concerto for piano and orchestra, PIANO and orchestra, ORCHESTRA and piano, etc?) Further, since with pianists like Thibaudet, you are dealing with folks who make no secret of their preference for Hamburg, as opposed to NY instruments, ....? Where are you located? Best. Horace Horace Greeley, CNA, MCP, RPT Systems Analyst/Engineer Controller's Office Stanford University email: hgreeley@leland.stanford.edu voice mail: 650.725.9062 fax: 650.725.8014
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