[CAUT] Touch ups.. (and I ain't talking about makeup)

[wimblees at aol.com]

No curtain on our stage. For solo recitals, it all depends how the 
soloists is treating the pianos. If he/she had a banger on the first 
half, I just run out there, do a quick check, and correct a few 
unisons. We don't have a big hall, (seats around 900 when full, but 
usually around 500 for a good concert), so there isn't too much of a 
noise factor.

On a side, but reltated, note to this, one of our MFA piano students 
was the page turner for a recital recently. She always complains about 
the condition of piano, (all of them), I guess trying to show off how 
good an ear she has, and how sensitive she is to minor problems. 
Anyway, at the intermission I asked her if there were any notes that 
need tuning. She said, just a few in the bass. I checked the bass, and 
no problems, but there were some very bad unisons in the mid to high 
treble. I never did pay much attention to her in the past, but now I 
just sort of ignore her requests for fixing problems.

Wim
Willem Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
School of Music
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL USA

-----Original Message-----
From: Michelle Stranges <stranges at oswego.edu>
To: College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Thu, 4 May 2006 14:24:59 -0400
Subject: [CAUT] Touch ups.. (and I ain't talking about makeup)

I would like to read some chit-chat on how everyone handles 
intermission tuning touchups if you have such an occasion to do so.
How many of you do them?
Only at solo piano recitals?
(Does the stage manager bring a curtain across for privacy/quiet.)

Welp?

:B
A concerned citizen