This is a multipart message in MIME format ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment That's IlvedsOn to you...for what I could hear in the din of the= Piano Fair the M&H was very nice. I thought the new M&H 9 fter= was tinny sounding...probably not prepped...Dale's was beautiful= but again too much noise...I was unable to hear either of the= concerts... David IlvedsOn Original message From: David Andersen To: Pianotech Received: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 09:23:26 -0800 Subject: CA PTG Convention Hey, kids------- Got back yesterday (Monday AM) at 4:30---driving up the Tejon= Pass in the slow, SLOW lane in a low-power U-Haul truck with my= fantastic, HEAVY M&H CC strapped to the right side of this POS,= under-powered dog, which had already left me stranded earlier= that night with a dead battery in a rest stop right in the= middle of frickin=92 nowhere---hey: are we having fun yet? That said, the convention, for me and especially for my= booth-sharing brother in crime Dale Erwin, was a luminous,= triumphant time. His rebuilt, new-board 1928 Steinway D, side= by side with my old-board Mason & Hamlin CC, were really kind of= the buzz of the show, and on Saturday I was witness to one of= the best concerts I have ever heard---on Dale=92s D. It was in a= 400-seat, sweet little auditorium, and the program was Gershwin,= played by a world-class pianist, Richard Glazer, who has= dedicated his professional and personal life to the music of= George and Ira Gershwin. To say that Dale=92s D was triumphant, shining, beautiful,= powerful---it doesn=92t quite get it. A concert grand=92s true power= to amaze doesn=92t come out unless the artist is capable, and= loving the instrument.. It crashes; it screams; it whispers; it= sings. The true power of THIS piano was evident from the first= note of the concert to the last----it was certainly one of the= two or three best instruments I have ever heard in concert in 40= years. I was completely, and I mean completely blown away. So= was everybody else in the room; before the last number, the= pianist turned to the audience and said something to the effect= that this was a truly great piano, that it could do anything he= asked it to; that it had shown him colors and tonal shadings he= had never heard before; that it almost played itself; that he= was so inspired that he would now play the entire =93Rhapsody in= Blue=94 suite, uninterrupted, and =93give it my best, my all.=94 Wow.= I have never heard anything like it in my life. The audience would not stop clapping and yelling. My friends, there is a true artisan in Modesto, California. To= be able to make a piano sound and feel this beautiful, not only= in the shop, but on the stage, is the work of a rare, rare= artist. I am humbly grateful to be the friend, student, peer= and collaborator of Dale Erwin. This was Dale=92s FIRST attempt at installing a new board in a D,= which makes it all that much more mind-blowing. In the near future, and for as long as he=92s working, artists and= appreciators will beat a path to this man=92s door from all over= the world, begging him to let them put their fingers on his= beautiful spawn. God willing, I=92ll be there smiling and sticking my head inside= the pianos to feel and hear the beauty. Gotta go to work; more later. Dave Stahl, David Ilvedsen, Jurgen Goering, Carl Meyer, Vladan,= Terry Miller, Bob Davis---great to see you pianotech list= guys....and Ilvedsen is actually a good, good player; tell =91em= about my big beast, Dave.... Best to all.... David Andersen Malibu, CA ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/7e/33/76/56/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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