This custom search works much better than the built in one and allows searching older posts.
|
|
69920 Members
40 Forums
143558 Topics
2077190 Posts
Max Online: 15252 @ 03/21/10 11:39 PM
|
|
|
#615510 - 01/22/09 07:07 AM
White House Piano Maintenance
|
5000 Post Club Member
Registered: 08/06/05
Posts: 5664
Loc: SC Mountains
|
Inquiring minds want to know - (originally posted by Lilylady)
How are the pianos at the Whitehouse cared for and and who does it?
Do they have a damp chasers?
How often are they tuned and who does it?
Anyone know what kind of piano the Obamas have at home in Chicago?
_________________________
Slow down and do it right.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#615511 - 01/22/09 09:40 AM
Re: White House Piano Maintenance
|
1000 Post Club Member
Registered: 05/04/04
Posts: 1984
Loc: Murphys, Ca
|
Knowing our government and it's thinking, I would guess they have a secret agent or military guy with clearance, trained specially, that does the high level people. I doubt many people are allowed in the inner chambers of the Bush or Cheney compounds or vacation homes around the world.
_________________________
Keith Roberts Associate, PTG Keith's Piano Service Hathaway Pines,Ca
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#615512 - 01/22/09 10:40 AM
Re: White House Piano Maintenance
|
Full Member
Registered: 11/20/07
Posts: 334
Loc: Brooklyn, NY
|
Who tuned Condoleeza Rice's piano?
_________________________
Zeno Wood, Piano Technician Brooklyn College
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#615513 - 01/22/09 12:34 PM
Re: White House Piano Maintenance
|
Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
Registered: 06/07/03
Posts: 18733
Loc: Oakland
|
I would suspect that Steinway still has a hand in it.
My favorite picture of the White House Steinway is the one in Music Is My Mistress, with Duke Ellington and Willie The Lion Smith playing 4-hands, Willie with his derby hat and cigar.
_________________________
Semipro Tech
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#615514 - 01/22/09 02:50 PM
Re: White House Piano Maintenance
|
Full Member
Registered: 10/31/08
Posts: 415
Loc: Münster, Germany
|
I could tell you but then I had to kill you 
_________________________
piano tech - tuner - dealer Münster, Germany www.weldert.de
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#615517 - 01/22/09 09:10 PM
Re: White House Piano Maintenance
|
Full Member
Registered: 10/04/07
Posts: 119
Loc: Haverhill, MA
|
I know Rick Butler ( http://www.rickbutler.org/ ) did some work at the White House...
_________________________
Kawai MP5 / Ivory Italian Grand C.C. Harvey 52" Upright Grand Yamaha M202 Console
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#615518 - 01/23/09 09:08 AM
Re: White House Piano Maintenance
|
4000 Post Club Member
Registered: 03/17/05
Posts: 4911
Loc: boston north
|
From Well Tempered Forum (WTF) http://well-temperedforum.groupee.net/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9130004433/m/3860080195 plays88keys writes: "The piano in the White House is a Steinway D. The technician that works on it is named Dave Campbell. He drives a white van with a vanity plate: PIANO DR When I had to have some work done on my Steinway ...sent Mr. Campbell to me to get it done. He told me about working on the White House piano and that he had to get special security clearance to be able to bring his tools in with him." LL
_________________________
"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything."
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
|