Tim, Heck, it's one of my favorite jokes. What fun to see the looks on people's faces after saying, "Oh, you know, that one he wrote after he was dead........" ;-) Barbara Richmond, RPT ----- Original Message ----- From: "timothy ehlen" <tehlen@uiuc.edu> To: <tune4u@earthlink.net>; "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 5:02 PM Subject: RE: Question for tuner/techs who play. > Alan, > > Posthumous=published after death of author > (composer)! I know that's what you meant...or, maybe > you were joking... > > Tim > > > > > ---- Original message ---- >>Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:15:53 -0500 >>From: "Alan Barnard" <tune4u@earthlink.net> >>Subject: RE: Question for tuner/techs who play. >>To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> >> >> I usually play parts of some of these pieces because >> they have big chords, octaves, or arpeggios in a >> variety of keys: >> >> Clair de Lune, Debussy, D flat >> Waltz in A Flat, Brahms >> C major Prelude, Bach (Well-Tempered Clavier) >> Träumerei, Schumann, F (So beautiful, such a >> masterpiece of harmonic and melodic construction. >> Was one of Horowitz's favorite encore pieces, I >> believe) >> Moonlight Sonata, 1st Movement, Beethoven, C# > minor >> Waltz in A Flat Major, Chopin, Op.69, No.1, >> Posthumous (which, I think, means he wrote it after >> he was dead) >> Prelude in C Minor, Chopin (Shows off a nice bass. >> If the piano doesn't have a nice bass, I do not play >> it.) >> Send In The Clowns, Sonderman, E Flat >> Für Elise, Beethoven (At least the A and A' and C >> sections—and, I confess to ending with a big >> improvised arpeggios of the A minor chord to the top >> of the piano, pedal down, then play the lowest A >> octave and let it ring. Lotsa fun.) >> >> If a new customer (regulars know better) ask me to >> "play something" for them, they usually get >> something like "Chopsticks" .... which slowly morphs >> into something more serious. >> >> Alan Barnard >> Salem, Missouri >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: John Delmore >> To: pianotech@ptg.org >> Sent: 08/29/2005 2:48:53 PM >> Subject: Question for tuner/techs who play. >> >> Hi all: >> >> I was wondering if some of the techs who play have >> any favorite pieces they play when finished a >> tuning, to see how things sound musically ? I >> would think something that ranges over the >> keyboard fairly well, maybe plenty of octaves, but >> not something so showy as to intimidate the client >> (still want their opinion, right?). What do you >> think? >> >> John Delmore > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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