tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post112306989068001240..comments2024-03-15T20:32:39.815+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Classic misunderstandings - Eastern tuningsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1123242559110098332005-08-05T12:49:00.000+01:002005-08-05T12:49:00.000+01:00I have my own favorite tuning story from a live co...I have my own favorite tuning story from a live concert. Pianist Anton Kuerti gave a recital in New Bedford a few years back, and following the intermission, he delayed resuming the concert while he fixed the tuning of the concert grand (the pre-concert tuning had been suitable for one's living room but was too soft for the concert hall.) <BR/><BR/>When he had finished his tuning work and tossed the heavy wrench off to one side, the audience applauded--and he quipped, "No one applauds a violinist who tunes his instrument on stage."<BR/><BR/>After the concert he met with attendees in the entrance foyer of the hall, and I explained to him: "Violinists don't need to use big wrenches to tune up"--that's why the audience was impressed.<BR/><BR/>As an aside to my comment, he had also introduced a piece by Czerny by explaining the composer's links from Beethoven (as Ludwig's student) to Liszt (as Liszt's teacher), making Czerny a sort of "universal joint in the history of music". I could visibly see men in the audience sit up with renewed interest in the recital, as if to say, "Hey, this guy can also talk cars!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com