Feldman's piano

[Anne Acker]

If you know Madison, Wisconsin, you would understand.   There it is not an imposition, it is a request.  The pianists love it.   This used to be my scene years ago, and I remember how much they loved it when they first heard and had the tuning done for them.

I would also blame the sound quality partly on the room miking and overall acoustic, since Feldman's voice isn't too well covered either.  I suspect they like the feel of it.  One of my old friends is one of his facts researchers, and the aesthetic all around is quirky by design.

Besides,  I hate the way that pianist plays, and come to think of it THAT is why the piano is out of tune all the time.  He has a particularly "spikey finger" style of playing.  .  I always have to turn the show off during the music sections, home town or no.

AA








Wow, the mind boggles. That's so interesting; the dealer imposes  
meantone temperament (on a jazz trio, no less - with all the  
chromatic haarmonic stuff going on) and nobody thinks that's odd, or  
questions it?! I wonder how the pianist feels? (Who knows, maybe he's  
an adventurous sort of jazzer, and thinks it's bizarre and  
interesting - he does sound like an easygoing sort, when Feldman  
engages him in conversation). I'll definitely have to listen to that  
show again   : )

Now I'm really wondering whether it was the tuning or the temperament  
that I heard as being "off" somehow.

Cheers,

Allen
On 25 Mar 2007, at 02:44, William R. Monroe wrote:

> The dealer likes it.  No other reason I know of.
>
> William R. Monroe