JIV-jumping into voicing

[Barbara Richmond]

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Re: JIV-jumping into voicingRon,

Wow, do I hear you!   I recently attended a concert (not where I take =
care of the pianos) where the piano tone sounded as tinny as an old =
upright with the rinky tink on.  Ugh.  The kicker?  I talked with the =
technician who prepared the piano and the artist LOVED it.  Double ugh.  =
I know this tech believes that pianos have to sound like granite to =
carry a hall (we argue about it all the time), but I was there and I can =
tell you the piano couldn've been heard with a different voice.

It's always nice to work with an artist who really plays musically, not =
just fast and loud.

Barbara Richmond, RPT


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  From: Overs Pianos=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 1:21 PM
  Subject: Re: JIV-jumping into voicing


  Dave and Dale,


  What you describe of the LA scene is similar here in Sydney. Most =
technicians are of the tune-and-run variety. In recent years some of us =
have been trying to turn this around through technician classes, but it =
remains an uphill task.


  The task can be made even more difficult when high end professional =
pianists are so used to hearing screaming concert pianos, they'll =
complain if they play a piano which has been voiced at all to reduce the =
attack. Furthermore, many senior concert pianists, who are regarded by =
many as the arbiters of good tune, have ears which have turned to cloth =
after a lifetime of practice and performance.


  Ron O.


    At 9:38 AM -0800 13/11/05, David Andersen wrote:
    . . . In 25 years of working on pianos in LA, with the last 10 or so =
years mostly dedicated to good and expensive grand pianos, the number of =
pianos that had been maintained in any realm beyond tuning before I came =
on them was, and is, miniscule....1 or 2 percent, literally.  What a =
joke.
    And a tragedy, really, for our profession.  All this talk, endless =
talk, about pianos, and service, and how to do this and that with =
pianos, and then the harsh reality:  almost nobody's actually doing it =
in good grand pianos in LA. Why?  Because "tune & run"  is the easy =
money. A no-brainer.  The average guy here charges $100-120.  Do six =
tune-and-runs a day, and you're living large.  Do it five days a week, =
and it's 3 grand a week, and baby's got a new pair o' shoes.

    On the other hand, just shoot me now if that's what I have to look =
forward to: average clients, piano after piano in bad mechanical and =
tonal shape, and propagating the paradigm of "I don't give a rat's ass, =
so why should my clients?  Why should I educate them about tone and =
touch when it'll just slow me down, make me work and acquire new skills, =
work new muscles, and (the final nail in the coffin:)
    'anyway, none of my clients care or can hear or feel the =
difference.'"

    What a crock of s**t.  Everybody can hear and feel the difference, =
including, first and foremost, YOU.

    Don't be a sellout.  Learn how t work on pianos past the tuning, and =
quit telling your self destuctive things, like nobody can hear or feel =
the difference....quit being so dang negative.

    End of rant.  Thank you.

    David Andersen




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