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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Congrats Mark. That was a sweet sounding piano even
when I heard it months ago. Great story.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Jude Reveley, RPT<BR>Absolute Piano Restoration, LLC<BR>Lowell,
Massachusetts<BR>(978) 323-4545</DIV>
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<A title=pianotech@nhpianos.com href="mailto:pianotech@nhpianos.com">Mark
Dierauf</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 06, 2007 11:41
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Re: Great piano wanted -
Thanks, Avery!!!!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Thanks, Dale. I think that you would have really liked this
one. It had a similar sound to the wonderful D you had in Rochester. What
surprised me the most was how effective a few drops of the keytop/acetone was
in increasing not only penetration, but even sustain in the large hall (all of
the lacquer work had already been done at that point).<BR><BR>And yes, Avery -
Fred is a tremendous pianist. One of the few, IMO who really "gets"
Rachmaninoff (although his repertoire goes well beyond that composer). But he
is also quite knowledgeable technically as well as being one heck of a nice
guy. He paid me a fine compliment by asking the Director if it would be
possible to record on this piano in the future. We're going to explore this
possibility when we are both back in August for the big concert.<BR><BR>- Mark
Dierauf<BR><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A> wrote:
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<DIV><STRONG><EM> Hi Mark</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> I love this story because it is a familiar one. You
went the extra mile because of passion for & skill of the craft &
you proved it ,showed it & demonstarted to your clients that YOU are a
hero in your business.</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> Congratulations</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> Dale Erwin</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>Mark, </DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks for letting me know this. I've been thinking about posting
Fred to ask him about everything. I've known him for probably 20 yrs. and
have tuned for him several times. He's a really wonderful pianist! I wish
I could have gotten him here at the university before I retired! </DIV>
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<DIV>Avery <BR><BR> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 6/5/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Mark
Dierauf</B> <<A title=mailto:pianotech@nhpianos.com
href="mailto:pianotech@nhpianos.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">pianotech@nhpianos.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN>
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<DIV bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"><BR> Back in March, Avery
Todd forwarded a message from concert pianist Fred Moyer about a school
on the island of Vinalhaven, ME that was looking for a restored B or D
for their summer concert series. It turned out that I had tuned for Fred
a couple of years back and happened to have two re-manufactured B's more
or less ready to go, so I emailed him and we made arrangements to have
him stop in for a look. He had already looked at several pianos, and was
planning on seeing two more B's and a D in my area that same day. My
most recently completed B was a 1906 ebony with a really sweet sound and
an action to die for, with low touchwieghts and very low frontweights,
thanks largely to techniques I learned at the wonderful two day class
taught by Bob Marinelli, Chris Solliday and Dave Stanwood at Rochester
last summer. Fred sat down and was immediately in heaven, saying that
there was just no point in looking any further. The piano just "played
iteself". He returned a couple of weeks later with Rona Hokanson, in
whose husband Leonard's honor the new hall on Vinalhaven is named. Rona
also loved the piano, but we all had some concerns about its ability to
project and fill a large hall, considering that we were hearing it in a
tiny, dead room with very low acoustic tile ceilings and wall to wall
carpet. So they began to look more closely at my other B, a 1910 in a
mahogany case and a much more powerful tone. It also had a very nice
action, utilizing the Tokiwa "miracle whips". At one point Rona
asked what I'd be willing to do if they bought one of the pianos and
moved it out to the island only to find that as good as it sounded in my
house it just wouldn't cut it in a 400 seat hall. Without really
thinking, I blurted out that we'd be willing to move both pianos up to
Maine, tune & voice them for the hall, and let them make their
selection on site. If they decided that neither was suitable, then they
would be responsible for the cost of the move, otherwise it would be on
me. At that point, their jaws just dropped - "You'd be willing to <I>do
that</I>?!" they asked. I figured that I had nothing to lose. So last
Friday we packed up the pianos in a U-haul and drove 200 miles up the
coast of Maine to Rockland to catch the ferry. Since we were unable to
reserve a place on board, the islanders had arranged to have a local
firewood supplier wait in line in his truck all morning to hold our
place. We arrived at Vinalhaven in the late afternoon, set up and tuned
the pianos and got our first hearing. The ebony piano was even more
beautiful, but definitely lacking in projection in the large hall,
whereas the Mahogany needed to be voiced back somewhat. After some
discussion with my long time moving and sometimes shop partner and great
technician and friend Bill Faller, we decided against doing anything
dramatic until after Fred arrived the next day. When he did, and after
going back and forth for a few minutes with some Mozart and
Rachmaninoff, he still liked the ebony piano, but knew it needed more.
So with Fred, Rona, and several other Fox Islands Concerts board members
as an audience, Bill got out the needles on the Mahogany piano while I
broke out the acetone/keytop mix for the ebony, and we went at it. It
took surprising little time, and it was like a great performance with
our audience listening as they would have at a concert. We took a lunch
break while the juice dried on the hammers, and then Fred joined us on
stage, he playing, a bit, us needling a bit, and the audience asking to
hear one piano and then the other. Schubert, Chopin, Gershwin, more
Rachmaninoff and Mozart all came and went. Fred joined the audience
while I played some Schumann and Chopin. Gradually we brought the two
pianos closer and closer, and the choice became more and more difficult,
but finally it was decided, and Fred said, "Mark, I'm afraid
you've lost your ebony piano!" <BR><BR>So thanks, Avery, Bob, Chris,
David, Bill, Fred, Rona, Norah and all the other wonderful people of
Vinalhaven who made our stay there and the whole experience absolutely
magical. Thanks for giving my baby a wonderful new home, and I will see
you on August 17th for the Inaugural Concert! <BR><BR>Mark Dierauf<BR>NH
Pianos<BR>Concord, NH<BR><BR>The 1910 Mahogany and 1906 ebony B's.
Notice how much shorter the Victorian B appears. It must be that double
half-round molding around the rim, because they are exactly the same
length. <BR><BR><A title=http://www.ptg.org/files/2007/06/1.jpg
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://www.ptg.org/files/2007/06/1.jpg" target=_blank
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.ptg.org/files/2007/06/1.jpg</A><BR><BR>Here
I am with the final selection<BR><BR><A
title=http://www.ptg.org/files/2007/06/2.jpg
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://www.ptg.org/files/2007/06/2.jpg" target=_blank
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.ptg.org/files/2007/06/2.jpg</A><BR><BR>And
here's Fred (the third piano at the end of the line is their old 6'4"
A)<BR><BR><A title=http://www.ptg.org/files/2007/06/3.jpg
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://www.ptg.org/files/2007/06/3.jpg" target=_blank
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.ptg.org/files/2007/06/3.jpg</A><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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