This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Ain't it a shame ... and I often wonder. Some thoughts. How much are we considered as merely "a variation on the = theme of a stage hand" ? The sound engineer, lighting director, and = stage manager all get credits, but their crew members are rarely listed. In how many instances are the liner notes, program notes, or other = published verbal materials already at the printshop by the time the = piano tuner is hired for the job? I don't know how it is in other = cities, but here in Detroit, the performance venues have a habit of = waiting to nearly the last minute to get hold of a piano, then finding a = technician depending on which dealer the piano was rented from. Here's another thought ... how much could the credits given be a = reflection of what matters most to the performer? All too often, the = piano technician is the "value-hidden extra" who works the magic while = the others are away. I personally like to meet the performers and find = out what matters most to them when it comes to the piano, but there are = some performers out there who prefer to remain "unavailable" until after = the job deadline. That same performer may have much more interaction = with the sound engineer, and all those other people whose names appear = on the published output than they do with the piano technician. Well yes, I too got to see my name in bold print recently ... across the = TV screen for work I did for a live broadcast. The woman in charge of = the credits was very busy collecting all of the information she could = about everybody who had stepped into the studio that day. She certainly = made up for the apparent lack of interest the performer had in everybody = else except himself and his immediate entourage. Z! Reinhardt RPT Ann Arbor MI diskladame@provide.net ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Billbrpt@AOL.COM=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 1:08 AM Subject: Re: Respect for PT's In a message dated 7/21/02 11:34:47 PM Central Daylight Time, = Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no (Richard Brekne) writes:=20 It never ceases to amaze me how ignored we are otherwise in=20 the industry. On stage productions, in films, on recordings,=20 virtually everywhere there is piano music there must be a=20 piano tuner who in no small way contributes quite directly=20 to the quality of the music. Heck, on records they even give=20 credit to who took the blinging picture of the artist, but=20 almost never is there mention of the instrument or who=20 prepared it.=20 The more I learn about tuning, and the more I explore in=20 what ways we are directly involved in the creativity that=20 ends up coming out of the instrument, the more aghast I am=20 that we as a profession have allowed (walked straight into=20 ??) this state of affairs to evolve. The more I learn about=20 the instruments themselves the less I understand why they=20 are equally ignored thus.=20 A nice exception to the rule is a Classical album given out=20 by Maria Joao Pires who records Beethoven's Piano Sonatas=20 13, 14 and 30. In the very short list of credits on the=20 inside cover is the name of the Piano Technician.. one=20 Kazato Osato, and the piano used.. a Yamaha CF III S. It was=20 refreshing to see. This is one of the facts of life that will probably never change. The = piano technician is almost never mentioned in a live music program or in = the liner notes of any recording or film. Sometimes the kind of piano = is listed but rarely, almost never, is the piano technician. I don't = see this changing and for that reason, I don't see any information about = *how* the piano is tuned as being something that would ever even be = thought of as appropriate information to make public.=20 I'm glad you found an exception to this and fortunately, I was able to = cause one too which will be available very soon. A new Jazz CD will be = coming out by the end of the month. There are 2 pianos, a Yamaha and = Kawai, both grands. The artist has been a customer of mine since 1978, = 24 years. He owns a Steinway A. He knows about and believes in what I = do, so he agreed to put the following in the credits:=20 "Piano Technician: Bill Bremmer RPT Tuning: EBVT"=20 I have my copy on order and will receive it by The 30th or 31st. I'll = listen to it, review it and post the ordering information both here and = on my website for those who would like to hear what a piano in my idea = of what makes a better set of compromises than current standard = practice, sounds like.=20 Bill Bremmer RPT=20 Madison, Wisconsin=20 Click here: -=3Dw w w . b i l l b r e m m e r . c o m =3D-=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/50/69/a2/a1/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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