http://annesharpsichords.com Recent news from Anne Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:17:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Paris Workshop comes to Boston, bringing kits you can see and touch. I'll be helping Carey Beebe run the booth Friday and Saturday, June 11 and 12. Come visit! Our new Italian Virginal kit is a delight both as a kit and an instrument. I'll be ... http://annesharpsichords.com/2009/06/boston-early-music-festival-the-paris-workshop/ We very much enjoyed our week with Visiting Artist in Residence Keith Miller from the Metropolitan Opera. Keith used to be a professional football player who took up singing at the ripe old age of 28. His rapid rise to the top levels of the opera world (while ... http://annesharpsichords.com/2009/05/concert-at-lucas-theatre-with-baritone-keith-miller-and-the-scc/ My 1884 upright Chickering piano was selected as part of a national level photo shoot. It was certainly an interesting and long day.[caption id="attachment_87" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="High Fashion?"][/caption] Well, I'm always pleased when pianos or harpsichords get attention. http://annesharpsichords.com/2009/04/photo-shoot-for-kohls-mudd-jeans-at-wormsloe-plantation/ Weekly concerts with the Savannah Children's Choir for our Spring tour, all over Savannah. March 29, April 5, April 19, April 26th. Our young choir has been improving at a stunningly fast pace. I'm so proud of them! http://annesharpsichords.com/2009/03/april-concert-season-with-the-savannah-childrens-choir/ Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music performed using a German double manual harpsichord after Vater I completed late in 2009. Tuning for rehearsal and concert by myself, in Vallotti as requested, including a touchup during perhaps the noisiest intermission I've ever encountered! They performed all ... http://annesharpsichords.com/2009/03/academy-of-ancient-music-at-savannah-music-festival/ Invited speaker at the EROI / University of Rochester Conference on Keytouch Haptics, discussing the state of key touch research for piano actions. Link to EROI: The Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative http://annesharpsichords.com/2009/02/haptics-2009/ "The Cantos Music Foundation: The History of the Keyboard from the Beginning to the Present", PTG Journal, January 2009. http://annesharpsichords.com/2008/10/article-the-cantos-music-foundation-the-history-of-the-keyboard-from-the-beginning-to-the-present/ "Running a Small Shop Restoration Business" with Chuck Behm, PTG Journal, October 2008. http://annesharpsichords.com/2008/10/article-in-ptg-journal-running-a-small-shop-restoration-shop/ Anne won the Jack Greenfield Award from the Piano Technicians' Guild at their national convention in June for her series of articles in the Piano Technician's Journal. The Jack Greenfield Award was given to Anne Acker "in recognition of outstanding research and writing for a Continuing Series for the Piano ... http://annesharpsichords.com/2008/07/award-from-the-piano-technicians-guild/ On May 30, 2008, Anne gave a presentation at the annual meeting of the American Musical Instrument Society held at the Cantos Music Foundation, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on the use of high speed video photography techniques for analysis of 18th and 19th century piano actions. http://annesharpsichords.com/2008/06/presentation-on-high-speed-video-photography-techniques-18th-and-19th-century-piano-actions/