john tesh concert

[gordon stelter]

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.
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