<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 8/29/01 6:32:08 PM Central Daylight Time,
<BR>musselj@cadvision.com (John Musselwhite) writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I've mentioned this before, but around here somewhere I have the rider from
<BR>when I tuned for Chick Corea and Gary Burton (on vibrophone). It was one of
<BR>the most demanding riders I'd seen and not only dealt with the tuning of
<BR>the two instruments together, but included an entire paragraph on how Mr.
<BR>Corea requires his pedals to be adjusted. Fortunately, that's the way I
<BR>keep them on the 1978 D he chose.
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<BR>I did find out one interesting thing about Chick Corea while we were
<BR>discussing his requirements at the piano. As he was writing down the serial
<BR>number of the D that he picked (the other one being an almost all-original
<BR>1956 D) he told me that he's recorded the serial numbers of every piano
<BR>he's played in concert and practically every one he's ever played. I
<BR>suspect he also writes down his impressions of each instrument too.
<BR>Wouldn't *that* be something to read!</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR>Chick sounds like one artist who would blow his stack if I tuned the EBVT.
<BR>Although I consider it to be perfectly compatible with all fixed pitch
<BR>instruments such as the Vibraphone, this is one of the artists who sounds
<BR>like he knows what a real ET tuning is and will kill if he doesn't get it.
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<BR>He's come a long way since I saw him in the little dive in Hermosa Beach
<BR>California called The Lighthouse back in the late '60's where he took it upon
<BR>himself to correct tuning flaws in the piano while on stage. This is one job
<BR>I wouldn't take. I prefer the smiles and the "Thank you so much" 's to the
<BR>hell I might possibly catch if my idea for tuning the piano were
<BR>misunderstood.
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<BR>Bill Bremmer RPT
<BR>Madison, Wisconsin</FONT></HTML>