[pianotech] Prepared frickin'piano and damaged bass strings

[Gene Nelson]

Curious if there is any way to trace back to find out if the policy was or
was not communicated to the pianist?

Possibly the pianist has liability insurance.

I would really like to avoid a similar situation at the venue I work.

I have dealt with string pluckers at the university where I worked years ago
but it has not come up here yet.

Your experience is the ultimate.

Gene

 

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Euphonious Thumpe
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 9:26 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Prepared frickin'piano and damaged bass strings

 


David, I agree with you 100%! And when you hear the dread words "World
Premier" preceding a symphony orchestra broadcast on NPR these days, have
your hand ready to turn it off, or suffer! (Many "Serious Music" composers
now have the same cacophonous malevolence toward humanity as "punk rockers",
apparently.
Perhaps "getting back" at everyone, because, despite high grades, they
couldn't get a date in High School.)

Thumpe

 

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From: David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>; 
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>; 
Subject: [pianotech] Prepared frickin'piano and damaged bass strings 
Sent: Tue, Feb 19, 2013 5:13:25 PM 


Just came back to a piano that I service regularly after a prepared piano
piece in which six bass strings (3 pairs of bichords) were damaged
apparently by the pianist being called upon to scrape something up and down
the length of the several pairs of strings.  Of course, the windings are now
rattling.  

The directors of this venue have issued previously a "no prepared piano" and
"no reaching in" rule in order to avoid just this type of thing however it
apparently fell on deaf (appropriate considering the nature of the music--ok
cheap shot) ears.  

Just an FYI and a bit of vent.

^%&*#$%&($)%*($)^&(#$)

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com




 

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