Tallone

[David C. Stanwood]

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>on 6/3/03 5:52 AM, David M. Porritt at dm.porritt@verizon.net wrote:
>Wim
>But there is.  There's a lot we can do to change it.  There are a lot of
>people making some good money taking too heavy Steinway actions and making
>them play wonderfully.
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>On 6/3/2003 at 8:33 AM Wimblees@aol.com wrote:
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>In other words, with regard to the customer who complained about the heavy
>action on a 3 or 4 year old Steinway, the first thing we need to ask is, "Is
>this what you bought?" If it is, there isn't much we can do to change it.
>                                            Wim
David,

Your comments about Keith Hardesty et al bring to mind other influencial
personages of the past..  
I was wondering if you or anyone knows of the legendary Italian named
Tallone?   I've heard snips here and there, that he did miracles with
actions, that he had some early influence on Fazioli etc...  Would love to
know more.

David Stanwood


                      >... There were 2 guys out here in California, Keith
>Hardesty and to a lesser extent James Bryants, who made a good portion of
>their shop income by rebalancing Steinway actions for performance and
>recording venues and the personal pianos of serious players.  Hardesty was
>doing this in the '60's, '70's, and '80's, long before our boy D. Stanwood
>came roaring out of Martha's Vineyard and changed things forever.
>Hardesty was changing knuckle positions, capstan lines, custom-cutting
>hammers to a specific weight, radically changing the lead distribution
>patterns in the front of the key, shimming flange rails up and back, you
>name it. He was, by all accounts, a piano genius, shunned by Steinway and
>the mainstream of "company" technicians and salespeople....
>David Andersen