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Concert Service:
To prepare a concert grand piano for the season or
even for a single performance can take two or three days of intense
work. We regulate the action for the fastest possible repetition and
absolute evenness. The voicing is prepared over and over again, each
session more carefully than the one before. When finished with a concert
service, a good technician knows the sound of every wire in the instrument
and the feel of every knuckle. The piano should sound better than it
has ever sounded before, especially better than when it was new!
In my work for universities,
Baldwin Concert and Artist Service in New York and regional Steinway
services I have
set up pianos and performed concert service for pianists Alicia DeLarocha,
Earl Wild, Vladimir Feltzman, George Shearing,
Earl "Fatha" Hines, Jeffrey Cahane (on Telarc Records), Dave Brubeck, Misha
Dichter, Abbey Simon, Stephen Hough, and many others. I have worked
for pianists in Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, Toledo, Youngstown,
Louisville, Los Angeles, San Antonio, Sacramento, Tucson, Knoxville,
Nashville, Branson,
Mo., etc. No two artists play the same way or want the same sound
from an instrument. My concert service experiences have always been
better
when
I have met the players, discussed the possibilities of the instrument
with them and responded to their requests.
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