<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content=Word.Document name=ProgId> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <META content="Microsoft Word 11" name=Originator> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US style="tab-interval: .5in" vLink=purple link=blue> <DIV> <DIV>I<FONT size=3> usually play <STRONG>parts</STRONG> of <STRONG>some</STRONG> of <FONT face=Arial>these</FONT> pieces because they have big chords, octaves, or arpeggios in a variety of keys:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Clair de Lune, Debussy, D flat</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Waltz in A Flat, Brahms</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>C major Prelude, Bach (Well-Tempered Clavier)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Träumerei, Schumann, F (So beautiful, such a masterpiece of harmonic and melodic construction. Was one of Horowitz's favorite encore pieces, I believe)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Moonlight Sonata, 1st Movement, Beethoven, C# minor</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Waltz in A Flat Major, Chopin, Op.69, No.1, Posthumous (which, I think, means he wrote it after he was dead)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Prelude in C Minor, Chopin (Shows off a nice bass. If the piano doesn't have a nice bass, I do not play it.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Send In The Clowns, Sonderman, E Flat</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Für Elise, Beethoven (At least the A and A' and C sections—and, I confess to ending with a big improvised arpeggios of the A minor chord to the top of the piano, pedal down, then play the lowest A octave and let it ring. Lotsa fun.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>If a new customer (regulars know better) ask me to "play something" for them, they usually get something like "Chopsticks" .... which slowly morphs into something more serious.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Salem, Missouri</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jodel@kairos.net href="mailto:jodel@kairos.net">John Delmore</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 08/29/2005 2:48:53 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Question for tuner/techs who play.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi all:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I was wondering if some of the techs who play have any favorite pieces they play when finished a tuning, to see how things sound <SPAN class=GramE>musically ?</SPAN> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I would think something that ranges over the keyboard fairly <SPAN class=GramE>well,</SPAN> maybe plenty of octaves, but not something so showy as to intimidate the client (still want their opinion, right?).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>What do you think? <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">John Delmore <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>