Bernstein Pavilion, 3.11 p.m.
Piano of the Day:
This is the Steinway Model L that lives in a space called the “Press Porch”. Connected to one of two old residences on the grounds, it is used for pre- and post-event broadcasts and at times for the media to meet visiting guest artists, conductors, and other dignitaries. It’s one of my favorite pianos here to tune, and also one of my favorite locations. It doesn’t get used often, though, which is a shame.
I’ve had a pretty productive day, starting with a tuning on the B in the Chamber Music Hall (actually needed, as it was in use on the recital last night, and during the night it got quite chilly, sending the instrument south of 440), followed by a brief session with Steve on the M in Manor House room 6, where he helped me to diagnose a sostenuto problem I discovered late yesterday. Of course, he was able to identify the cause immediately, just by the noise being made. Someday…
From there I went to the Ash building for tuning and an hour of regulation work before lunch. Mostly successful. After returning to the grounds, we met as a team briefly, and then I went off to tune in the Maple space. This is a piano which I will be tuning tomorrow morning for evaluation by Steve, and I wanted to check it today to make sure it wasn’t doing anything funny. Good thing I did, as it really needed to be raised in pitch as well, probably for the same reason as the B in the Chamber Music Hall. So I got that out of the way, leaving tomorrow morning open for a fine-tuning.
The weather is cooperating once again, and I plan on a run after heading home shortly. Tomorrow after my tuning evaluation we will spend the rest of the day on a technical presentation from Kent Webb of Steinway, visiting from New York for the day. He’ll talk about action regulation, and a few other area techs will join in for the fun.
First call for work after my return to Illinois came today – a good sign.
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