Praise God for your health, Brother David. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Andersen" <david at davidandersenpianos.com> To: "Pianotech Pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 2:46 AM Subject: California PTGC--thoughts and feelings > My brothers and sisters---- > > Was it only last weekend? Wow. The incredible feelings & insights the > San Francisco convention catalyzed are still really strong and > present. There was amazing learning, and teaching, and fellowship, > and laughter---the entire panorama of experiences. The piano I > brought, to exhibit and teach around, was a 1942 Hamburg "B": > original "Mediterranean" board, new everything else except keyframe; > its place in the exhibit hall was on the back wall, between Dale > Erwin's globally beautiful mahogany long "A" and a powerful, > mysterious, massive Steingraeber concert grand, which I was given the > honor of tuning and preparing---thank you, Greg Schultz, Michael > Campi, and Brian Gatchell; you are good men and fine representatives > of an amazing piano and its amazing maker, Udo Steingraeber, a true > piano freak (in the best possible sense.) > > The men and women that put on this beautiful convention need to be > honored again and again---the people I dealt with directly, and who > were just stellar: Roland Kaplan, Fenton & Rhonda Murray, Lowell and > Andy from Green Mountain > Moving, Dave Stahl, Bob Brown, Tom Cole, Jim Ogden, Neil the AV guru, > Peter Acronico...on and on. > > Roland and Fenton, you guys treated me with such respect and > appreciation---you were fantastic leaders, and you got the best from > me as an exhibitor and a teacher. That you honored Dale and I by > fighting for and winning the opportunity to use our pianos for the > Saturday night concert, with such amazing results, is something I'll > never be able to express my gratitude for. It was beyond, and I'll > never forget it. Kenric Tam, the 16-year-old MONSTER who blew my mind > out of my head both as a performer and a human, was literally beyond > my dreams. Two of the pieces he played are in my top five classical > pieces of all time, and I was mesmerized and transported. Both pianos > sounded so clear, limpid, bell-like, powerful---in a hotel ballroom. > Go figure. Roland, Bob Shea the sound guy was another miracle, and a > team player to boot. > > To top it all off, I believe the Hamburg "B" will be sold to a man > who played it on a fluke, really, on Saturday, and fell in love--- > he'd been looking for half a year, and had played a couple dozen > "B's" with the intention to buy. He and his wife are flying down to > L.A. in a week or two to "hopefully seal the deal," in his words. > Ooohhh. > > With all the external recognition and success, this last weekend was > most precious to me because of the love I felt for my colleagues and > their loved ones, and MY loved ones. That may sound squishy, but > it's true. Jenika, Satpal, Dale, Trix, Nick and Peg, Jurgen, C. > Faulk, Mad Peter, Mike Bingham and his rockin' girlfriend, Mark > Schecter, Dave Stahl, Ed Whitting, Don Mannino, Chris and Karen > R. ....thanks. > > On Tuesday of this week, I found out from my hand surgeon that the > operations I have to have to repair the tendons damaged by rheumatoid > arthritis over the past four years won't be as involved as he > thought---that my hands are actually better and stronger than they > were 6 months ago. On Friday, I found out, after extensive testing, > that I had > no sign of cardiovascular disease and no arterial occlusions, which > is a big surprise given the massive risk factor of RA coupled with my > own mild but present hereditary risk factors. Amazing: I'm actually > kind of healthy, despite having had virulently high levels of > inflammation in my body for a while. So I'll probably be around to > bother you and piss you off for a while longer. :--) Gratitude is > now, has been, and will be my attitude. > > BTW: when is this list going to get the recognition and props it > deserves for the powerful, positive phenomenon it is? > > Night-night; I've finally gotten some sleep the past 3 days---been > doin' NOTHIN'. Just cold chillin'. > > Best to all, > > David Andersen > Maliboo, Californ-aye-ay > >
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