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drcello
Registered User
(3/27/01 4:33:56 pm)
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Holes
in the stage floor
We have cellists in our section who
bring pocket knives and cut little holes in the stage floor for
their endpins. This drives me bananas! Apparently our symphonic hall
has no regulations about it, or they just gave up. Do any of your
organizations forbid the cutting of little holes in the floor? Just
curious.
drcello
Marshall C. St. John
drcello@mindspring.com
Cello Heaven
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David
Sanders 
Registered User
(3/27/01 6:05:52 pm)
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Holes in the stage floor
Why don't you bring a file and offer
to sharpen their endpins for them so they won't need to do
that.
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Paul
Tseng ICS Staff 
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(3/27/01 6:14:33 pm)
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Holes in the stage floor
I never resorted to that. I just
harpooned the floor with my cello. In retrospect, that loud booming
thud which woke up my standpartner and turned the head of the
snoozing conductor should have been an indication that it might not
have been too healthy a practice for my cello, sturdy as it
is.
Paul Tseng
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Ryan
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Registered User
(3/27/01 9:19:43 pm)
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Holes in the stage floor
When we opened our symphony hall in
1979, the acoustics having been designed and supervised by Cyril
Harris, one of the world's outstanding acousticians, we arrived on
the oak-floored stage to find red indoor/outdoor carpeting under the
cello and bass sections. When we sought an explanation, the stage
manager (who was employed by the county, which owns and operates the
facility), replied that he wanted to make sure we wouldn't make any
marks in HIS new floor. Cyril Harris, who was present for the
opening concerts, made his entrance and very quickly informed the
MISinformed stage manager that the floor was designed for the
endpins of the cellos and basses to stick into it to enhance the
sound of the instruments. End of discussion! Period! The only time
someone uses an endpin holder is when their endpins are in need of
sharpening.
Ryan
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Tracie
Price 
Registered
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(3/27/01 9:33:44 pm)
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Abravanel Hall floor
Even dull endpins work in that
floor! It has SO many holes it it!!
Good work Ryan and
company!
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Steve
Drake
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(3/27/01 11:10:34 pm)
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Holes in the stage floor
We play in one venue here that has a
very strong willed stage manager, and he absolutely forbids any
endpins in his floor. Either a rockstop, some kind of board or
strap, or you're out of there. Fortunately, our symphony stage
manager cariies extra rock stops for just this sort of thing.
Cutting holes is just tacky. It's not hard or expensive to
replace an endpin with something that'll stick in almost any floor
without having to carve holes.
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Ginger
Van
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(5/1/01 9:41:58 pm)
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Holes in the stage floor
Sorry to dredge up this topic, but I
just had my first experience with this tonight! I can't understand
how any reasonable person could think that digging a hole in any
floor with a pocket knife would be considered acceptable. My "new"
stand partner did this tonight at our rehearsal at a local college
and kept digging several times during the rehearsal even after I
offered him my rock-stop several times. (My own endpin is quite
sharp enough to stay in the floor on its own.) Is this habit of
digging really acceptable? How widespread is
it?
Ginger
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Andrew
Victor
Registered
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(5/2/01 9:23:49 am)
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David
Bice's New Harmony Carbon Fiber endpins
I recommend the "New Harmony"
endpins. The points are so sharp that no wooden floor can resist,
and the damage to the floor surface will be less than with a
penknife.
Andy
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Tracie
Price
Registered
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(5/2/01 2:23:06 pm)
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David Bice's New Harmony Carbon Fiber endpins
I have one- it's swell.
And
David is an all-around nice guy, so that makes it even
better!
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zambocello
Registered User
(5/2/01 9:48:42 pm)
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If they
don't want holes in the floor.............
.......they don't want
cellists.
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