[pianotech] catastrophic tuning collapse

[Paul T Williams]

This fear is already building for me.  The Liszt fest is coming to UNL the 
first week of April.  The final big show will have 3 Liszt concertos all 
in a row...all on the same piano. I'll have 15 minutes between them to 
"touch up" the tunings. Previous days will have non-stop solo and small 
ensemble works from 8 in the morning to 10 at night With just an hour at 
lunch time.  Most of this music is Shumann and Chopin in celebration of 
their 200th birthdays.  How do I keep from freaking out?

Paul




From:
Conrad Hoffsommer <choffsommer at hotmail.com>
To:
<pianotech at ptg.org>
Date:
01/26/2010 10:19 AM
Subject:
Re: [pianotech] catastrophic tuning collapse



Yup, that's a concert tuner's greatest fear (or right up near the top of 
the liszt). I once had one of those moments due to that same piece. - 
first chord... top A... BOING!

I was the half-time show, putting in a new string. ;-{ 
(Rest of the piano was OK, though.) ;-}

Conrad Hoffsommer




> From: dempsey at marshall.edu
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:47:31 -0500
> Subject: [pianotech] catastrophic tuning collapse
> 
> Just surfing and found this.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpLb7MMGvYk
> 
> Tuning starts to go late in the first mvt. By the second shaky and its 
gone by the end of the third.
> 
> Great looking orchestra.
> 
> Paul E. Dempsey, RPT
> Piano Technician Sr.
> Marshall University
> Huntington, WV
> 304-696-5418
> 304-617-1149
> 

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