Stravinsky

[Joel A. Jones]

Avery,

Years ago we did this and moved the pianos
to another hall across town.  I tuned the
pianos before the move and then made
a final check before performance. Arranging
the pianos  with keyboards on the inside
of a circle for easy cross check of intervals
is a way to get everything matching. Surprisingly
the tuning stayed close.

As one of the pianists confided to me
"the keys are in the same place".  Don't
sweat the rehearsals. Close also counts
in multi-piano tunings.  Note which way
each piano moves and you will have a
handle on how to bring them together
for the performance.

Aaaah,  yes,  I remember those days.

Keep in Tune  !  !

Joel
Joel Jones, RPT
Madison, WIl
On Apr 6, 2006, at 9:50 PM, Avery wrote:

>  Anyone ever tuned for Stravinsky's Les Noches?
>
>  It has 4 pianos plus percussion. It's being done at the university
>  and the rehearsals, using mostly uprights, are about to drive me
>  bananas moving them all around between 2 rehearsal halls!
>
>  We're going to use 4 concert grands for the performance and now, all
>  I have to do is figure out how to tune them all on the day of the
>  concert! Probably won't be able to. That's the only day they have to
>  rehearse in the hall.
>
>  Let alone another concert which is using 2 Fortepianos, a harpsichord,
>  and a modern piano. All with different HT's!
>  Well, this is where my ETD really shines! :-)
>
>  Avery
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