Holiday weekend puzzler

David Ilvedson ilvey@jps.net
Sat, 26 May 2001 23:40:19 -0700


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I remember one embarrassing moment during a concert...I had been adjusting
rep tension before the concert and in the middle of the show a note failed.
 I ran out and pulled the action and one of my rep springs had popped
out...I apparently didn't get it in the groove...the artist thought I was a
genius...I didn't say a word, just took my bow.

David I.



M wrote:
List, 

In this news story from Associated Press, a mishap occurred with a Steinway
D 
during a performance of Beethoven's Triple Piano Concerto.  By the 
description given, I can't at all imagine what went wrong.  Anyone else
have 
any ideas? 

Bill Bremmer RPT 
Madison, Wisconsin 

Piano Breaks in Yo-Yo Ma Concert 

.c The Associated Press 

  
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Luckily for Yo-Yo Ma, there was a doctor in the house. 

A concert featuring the cellist had an unexpected delay when a 9-foot 
Steinway piano broke in the middle of Beethoven's Triple Concerto. 

Although Ma waved his handkerchief inside the piano in an attempt to rouse 
the ailing instrument, it took a piano doctor waiting in the wings to set 
things straight. 

As the repair expert hustled on stage Thursday to fix the concert grand 
piano, Ma and other musicians entertained the giggling crowd of 1,800 at
the 
University of California, Los Angeles. 

In less than 10 minutes, a tiny platform that holds the keystroking levers 
was fixed, and the show went on to the applause of the audience, some of
whom 
had paid $500 for their seats. 


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