BDK
EVENTS
2025
Communication between concert technician and pianist
What goes wrong in the communication between pianist and technician?
The pianist knows what he wants. But he often can't convey it; his fingers are very sensitive and notice the slightest bumps in the track. But how do I tell my technician?
Original quote: Pianist – "the grand piano isn't flourishing today". Technician – "...then give it a good watering". No mention of intonation.
If the pianist is technically inexperienced, a technician might come up with the idea of taking out the machine in the event of a non-specific complaint, turning a harmless screw and, after another test, naively asking "is it any better?" This is said to have happened. Anyone who thinks evil of this is a scoundrel.
And there are intellectual chatterboxes among pianists who must be recognized as such.