I am increasingly finding that "stage managers" and others "in chgarge" of pianos take it as an affront if you tell them ( however nicely ) that their piano is not "up to snuff" ( Especially S@#!*&#ys which, apparently, are imbued with a sort of Eternal Immaculate Infallibility. ) The fact that I play professionally ( and they don't play at all ) means nothing to these people. It is THEIR piano, so it MUST be perfect! Thum P.S. Gee but there are a lot of silly people out there, nowadays! --- Barbara Richmond <piano57@insightbb.com> wrote: > Hmmm, could it have been Tesh's own instrument > suffering the rigors of being > a traveling piano? > > That concept of tone is a big issue. Come on, don't > you all know that tone > which is bright enough to shave with is superior?!! > (cough, choke, wheeze) > ;-) > > Or, perhaps the piano sounded fine to the stage > manager. It happens. > > I remember having a discussion with the person in > charge, after I learned > that a piano had been used for a concert without > being worked on........... > > It turned out OK, but it was hair raising on my part > when I heard about it. > > Barbara Richmond, RPT > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@luther.edu> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 10:47 AM > Subject: Re: john tesh concert > > > > At 11:22 AM 8/24/2005 -0400, you wrote: > >>Any way the piano part of this post is that the > part of the concert that > >>was teeth grinding was the Yamaha Piano that was > grossly out of tune > >>unison / every thing & from it's horrendous tonal > properties, it > >>remarkably replicated the sound of shattering > glass. WoW!! I was sure > >>strings would be flying out of the piano , > shooting right thru the closed > >>lid at any moment. No, it wasn't just bad miking > ,all though this can > >>contribute. > >>Surely this is not a Yamaha concert fleet > instrument. > >>I know the tuner/techs in this area & I didn't > hear that any had calls to > >>tune this beast that day. > > Well, Dale, > > > > I understand by what are saying that you are > paying Mr Tesh a very high > > compliment! ? ;-} > > > > It sounds as though he made as much lemonade as > possible out of the lemon > > he was presented with. > > > > One can only hope that there was a printed review > which bemoaned the > > poor condition of the instrument and the > consummate professionalism of Mr > > Tesh to overcome the piano. > > > > Isn't there as show biz expression, "the show must > go on" ? > > > > > > > > > > Conrad Hoffsommer > > I tried to get a life once but they were all out > of stock. > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
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