[pianotech] Joshua Bell - Piano Prep

[Terry Farrell]

>> . As for what Ron N. said in a previous post, "I hate false
>> beats".
>
> Except that wasn't me.

I'm quite sure I was the author of that recent statement.

Terry Farrell

PS: Thanks for the tips Ron and Roger

On Feb 6, 2011, at 1:54 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote:

> On 2/6/2011 12:20 PM, Roger at Integra.net wrote:
>> Terry,
>> Your question about whether the piano was purposely voiced for the
>> artist. If it is the house piano, then most likely not. I've been
>> renting Steinways (Hamburg) in this area (Seattle) for performance  
>> for
>> many years and have been asked in advance if the piano can be  
>> "adjusted"
>> to fit the performance. No way! Those who rent performance pianos  
>> could
>> not possibly "adjust" the tone to suit every musician coming through
>> town; you'd be replacing hammers every year.
>
> Exactly.
>
>
>> . As for what Ron N. said in a previous post, "I hate false
>> beats".
>
> Except that wasn't me.
>
>
>> I've believe I've been able to keep on top of the false beat
>> situation better with the Hamburg pianos than the New York. I've  
>> tuned
>> NY Steinway almost out of the box that had so many false beats that  
>> it
>> was impossible to clear them out.
>
> I have too, but it's not impossible to clear them out. You just have  
> to get past the venerable and mistaken notion that seating strings  
> fixes anything.
>
> What is impossible is getting anyone to pay for it. In my opinion  
> and experience, the only pianos that get anything resembling full  
> concert prep are those in a venue that employs the tech that does  
> the prep. Contract tuning gets a tuning, and a few of the worst  
> damper oinks addressed - maybe.
>
> Terry, It's also been my experience that no matter how dead the  
> soundboard, no matter how badly the lower tenor honks, and no matter  
> how short the tone or wild the strings in the treble, it's a  
> "Concert Steinway Grand", so it must be a good one. Sometimes the  
> tech knows the difference, sometimes not. Knowing the difference  
> means that the tech will be perpetually frustrated in attempting to  
> inform anyone else of the real problems, so he deals with what he's  
> got in the best manner he can.
>
> Ron N