Wim, At 17:44 3/1/2004 -0500, you wrote: Pianos and h'chords just magically get tuned and moved, and no one asks questions. >Don't you just love this job? :):) Add organs to that list... We have a portativ and I got the following from a student organist (via faculty member) today: >I practiced on the positif this past weekend, and it needs to be tuned >(i.e. upper registers of the flutes). I also noticed a clicking sound on >either one of the low Fs, Gs, or As. Perhaps there's a loose screw or >something? Just thought I would let you know. [a choir] leaves for tour >Thursday, and we're taking it with us, so it would be great if it could be >well in tune by then. Just thought I'd let you know. Thanks... To which I replied: >I just love the two week notice that everyone seems incapable of giving >when there is going to be a use of that instrument. > >I'll try to move my schedule around to do some tuning on it, wherever it >happens to be right now, but any touring group which uses it should >realise that any tuning I do will be largely wiped out by the first bump >the bus hits and/or threshold it get bounced through. > >Conrad I got a nice apology from the student and I sent the following as part of my reply to him. >I have those recital instrument preparation sheets put in all the >student's info, but I _really_ ought to remind faculty that >concerts/tours/etc. don't take any less of my time and scheduling - in >fact, frequently more. Can you tell a nerve got hit? My curmudgeonliness is coming out. Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT, MPT, CCT, PFP, ACS. Decorah, IA - Certified Calibration Technician for Bio-powered Digitally Activated Lever Action Tone Generation Systems. - Pianotech Flamesuit Purveyor - American Curmudgeon Society - Apprentice Member and Founder
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