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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My guess would be a hammer flange is =
the "tiny
platform" and the "keystroking lever" is the shank. Weird!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phil Frankenberg</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chico, California</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
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title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 26, 2001 =
4:11
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Holiday weekend =
puzzler</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>List, =
<BR><BR>In this
news story from Associated Press, a mishap occurred with a Steinway D
<BR>during a performance of Beethoven's Triple Piano Concerto. =
By the
<BR>description given, I can't at all imagine what went wrong. =
Anyone
else have <BR>any ideas? <BR><BR>Bill Bremmer RPT <BR>Madison, =
Wisconsin
<BR><BR><B>Piano Breaks in Yo-Yo Ma Concert <BR><BR></B><I>.c The =
Associated
Press <BR></I><BR> <BR>LOS ANGELES (AP) - Luckily for Yo-Yo Ma, =
there
was a doctor in the house. <BR><BR>A concert featuring the cellist had =
an
unexpected delay when a 9-foot <BR>Steinway piano broke in the middle =
of
Beethoven's Triple Concerto. <BR><BR>Although Ma waved his =
handkerchief inside
the piano in an attempt to rouse <BR>the ailing instrument, it took a =
piano
doctor waiting in the wings to set <BR>things straight. <BR><BR>As the =
repair
expert hustled on stage Thursday to fix the concert grand <BR>piano, =
Ma and
other musicians entertained the giggling crowd of 1,800 at the =
<BR>University
of California, Los Angeles. <BR><BR>In less than 10 minutes, a tiny =
platform
that holds the keystroking levers <BR>was fixed, and the show went on =
to the
applause of the audience, some of whom <BR>had paid $500 for their =
seats.
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