[CAUT] tuning frequency

[Jeff Tanner]

On Tuesday, March 1, 2005, at 10:10 AM, Avery Todd wrote:

> I had that same sort of problem my first semester here. I had to tune 
> in the recital hall before classes, etc. started every day and then 
> the piano(s) was used most of the day right up to 30 min. prior to 
> recital time. So even if I'd wanted to, I couldn't have tuned close to 
> recital time. That just wasn't fair to me, the student OR the 
> audience, so I got that changed the next semester and now I have 
> reserved times at either 4 or 5 PM, depending on the day and it's 
> inviolate. The only way they'll change it is to ask me first. If there 
> are no recitals that night, they're more than welcome to my tuning 
> time. :-)
>
> Avery
>

Oh, my time is much earlier than that.  Our classes end in there at 
either 2 or 2:30, and rehearsal and afternoon recital times begin at 
3:30 and 4:00.  So that's my window.  I'm done here by 4 pm, and the 
room temperature has been constant since about 8 am, so the tuning will 
be very stable.
Jeff Tanner, RPT
School Of Music
University of South Carolina