Lenox Coffee, 7.20 a.m.
PotD: the M in Manor House Room #6:
This piano falls into the “Looks like a million bucks, but needs work” category. Case is of a beautiful African Pommele veneer. The action is a work in progress, though. Not all Steinways are great out of the box.
Better news from Schaff re: DH’s health – a serious situation is now serious-but-stable-with-a-positive-prognosis. Another health situation has arisen, this time in V’s family, which is not looking so good. More positive thoughts sent out this morning.
Yesterday had a decided odor of The Middle to it. We are in a stretch right now where pianos are more stable, but as we get more adept at identifying issues, especially of regulation, there is more work yet to be done. A case of “the farther in you go, the deeper it gets”. Unfortunately, the room schedule is more intractable than it has been; with the final four weeks of performances looming, all the Fellows are scrambling for rehearsal space, which inhibits the team’s ability to dig into these issues. The result, oddly enough, is down-time, which feels not relaxing, but wasteful. I occupied myself with reading and trying to be helpful to V at-a-distance, with some success. On tap today: the Shed soloist room piano, currently in the service of Leon Fleisher.
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