I'm Adam Manus.

And I'm Peter Martin.

And this is the Yule here at podcast.

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Love it. What are we got going on today?

Today we're going to talk about dealing with different pianos. This can be an issue. This is, yeah, this can be an issue, but only for pianists. I mean, you're kind of a Steinway guy. You've got Steinway following you around with a truck everywhere you go? Yeah, except minus the truck and the guy and the piano in it.

More like I'm following Steinway's around all the time.

Absolutely. truck everywhere you go? Yeah, except minus the truck and the guy and the piano in it.

More like I'm following Steinways around all the time.

Absolutely.

No, this is for pianists listening, and really for anybody else, you should know about this,

that this is kind of a struggle that pianists have to deal with.

I think, you know, I mean, for the longest time, we were the only ones who had to deal with, but I think bassists now are having to deal with. I think, you know, I mean, for the longest time, we were the only ones

who had to deal with, but I think bassists now are having to deal with this more and more as you can't fly with the base anymore. Right. But, but basically, you know, wherever we go and play. That is good. Basically, I'm following you, man. Basically. Yeah, yeah. Wherever we go and play, we're kind of at the mercy of whatever condition the instrument is at the venue that we're at.

And this can present a host of problems. I mean, from at the very worst, missing strings, you know, to... Well, missing keys would be even worse, wouldn't it? That would be horrible. Missing keyboard? Somewhere. Piano on fire. Explosives in the piano? Come on, we've got plenty of worse things. Yeah. Somewhere in some small town theater, there's some piano with a missing middle sea or something. Yeah. Razor blades between the keys. That was always a rumor when I was at Juilliard that some pianists supposedly went around to the, they had special practice rooms for the pianists, the only piano majors were allowed to go. Oh, boy. I mean, they just had so-called better pianos in there. But supposedly they were like, always check between the keys before you start practicing because somebody puts razor blades to try to sabotage other pianists. That would be the worst case. That would be the worst case. Well, but so hopefully, you know, I know I've had to deal with us a lot in my travels. I know you would have to have had to deal with this too, even on bigger stages. Sometimes it's not great. So, you know, we'll try to give you some tips on maybe dealing with that or even just commiserate with you.

Yeah, we have to give tips.

Let's just talk about how bad.

Let's just complain about it for 10 minutes. Yeah. I mean, the first thing's first, though, is do you make sure that, I mean, you can't make sure every piano's tune, but especially if it's like my own gig. Yeah. I'll, and I don't know the venue that well.

Yes.

I'll kind of call ahead.

I'll call ahead.

Call ahead.

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