[silence] Rép : prepared piano

[David Badagnani]

Good news:  on closer examination of his site, I notice that Richard B. Evans (formerly known as Richard Bunger), the author of "The Well-Prepared Piano," says that he has a few copies of the book available for sale.  His email address is given at the bottom of the page.

http://www.richardbevans.com/wellpreparedpiano.html#WWPanchor

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David Badagnani
Kent, Ohio
USA

--- On Fri, 11/28/08, Nicolas MOREAU <moreau_nicolas@yahoo.fr> wrote:
From: Nicolas MOREAU <moreau_nicolas@yahoo.fr>
Subject: Re: [silence] Rép :  prepared piano
To: silence@list.mail.virginia.edu
Date: Friday, November 28, 2008, 6:17 AM

Hi !Wow 495$ for the Richard Bunger's book !!!I can't afford it :-)) But i'll try to find one...
For the upright piano i've already tried to put some pen, papers or screws inside and it works, the gravity is not on my side but i 'll find a way to do some stuff with this piano. My pianist can't buy a grand piano :-))
I don't want to play John Cage's music but want to put some new sounds into my music, that's it.
Nicolas   

Le 28 nov. 08 à 11:37, David Badagnani a écrit :
Dear Nicolas,

You will also want to find the book "The Well-Prepared Piano" by Richard Bunger (originally published in 1973).

http://www.richardbevans.com/wellpreparedpiano.html#WWPanchor

http://www.amazon.com/Well-Prepared-Piano-Richard-Bunger/dp/0940612011

As you can see, it's out of print, and the second edition (published in 1981 or 1982) is currently selling for US$495.00, so if you're serious about learning how to prepare a piano you'll probably want to find a library copy, or find a piano professor or other professional pianist known for new music in your area who may own a personal copy.  Just keep asking around and you'll eventually find the right people.

You can listen to a very interesting interview with Richard Bunger here, in which he demonstrates in some detail how to prepare a piano:

http://www.archive.org/details/AM_1973_05_17

Seriously, though, the upright piano ("piano droit") is just not going to work for the Cage pieces.  The design of the instrument, and gravity, are not on your side.  ;-)

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David Badagnani
Kent, Ohio
USA

       
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