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

[Chris Solliday]

But leave the stage quickly and never look at or acknowledge the audience.
Use a SATIII if it's noisy. And wear black, no, not one of those little
cocktail dresses with the spaghetti straps, the unobtrusive black. And
charge time and a half after 5 weekdays and Saturdays and double on Sindays
and National holidays.
Chris Solliday
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <wimblees at aol.com>
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Touch ups.. (and I ain't talking about makeup)


> Michelle
>
> Pianos are one thing. But harpsichords are another story. They do go
> out of tune at the drop of a hat. If one is used in both halves of a
> concert, like a baroque recital or opera, then I would definitely go on
> stage and do a touch up.
>
> 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: Mon, 8 May 2006 16:29:42 -0400
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Touch ups.. (and I ain't talking about makeup)
>
> Hey Alan and everyone else who chimed in..
>
> Thanx very much for all of your posts.
> I think this is very interesting reading and intermission touch-ups
> aren't something I see much of anymore.
> (And I think I used to????)
>
> The college I work at rarely has an occasion where I'd need to go up
> during an intermission- but I'll be honest here...
>
> The reason I sorta posted this subject was because of my recent
> experience touching up a harpsichord during an all- baroque recital in
> our concert series.
>
> Thank heavens I had tuned the harpsichord PLENTY up to and right before
> the concert so that the tuning was quite solid and held well throught
> the concert..
>
> But CLEARLY, when it was touch-up time at intermission it was almost
> comical how more time was spent showing the art chairperson what was
> going on, what the instrument was, and how I *would* try to cook
> asparagus like she had explained to me earlier that day at lunch.
> (And they set up for the cantata then too...)
>
>  and yeah...
>
> when I was done, three goons I knew in the audience gave me a darn good
> standing ovation.
>
> Heck yeah I bowed.
>
> :B
> her
>
>
> On May 8, 2006, at 3:59 PM, Alan McCoy wrote:
>
> > Hi Michelle,
> >
> > Ditto lots of these comments. Earplugs do help you focus on the >
> task at hand
> > as well as protect your ears. I use Westone plugs with 9 dB filters.
> >
> > But it is an impossible situation. It is definitely possible to >
> make an
> > improvement, but it is equally possible to make things a bit worse >
> than they
> > were before you walked on the stage (to steal the spotlight, geez >
> Dennis,
> > you must be kidding!!).
> >
> > I only go out if the artist's contract requires it or if I am >
> otherwise
> > asked to. Our orchestra usually schedules the concerto in one half >
> or the
> > other, but not both. I go to lots of performances, by choice, and I >
> have
> > adopted the "what will be, will be" approach. These days I'm less >
> concerned
> > with unisons going out, than the voice. I have the luxury of tuning >
> and
> > voicing these instruments (at school and for the orchestra) often >
> so unisons
> > are normally very solid but the voice does change amazingly fast.
> Also
> > listen for zings to attend to next time.
> >
> > Alan
> >
> >
> > -- Alan McCoy, RPT
> > Eastern Washington University
> > amccoy at mail.ewu.edu
> > 509-359-4627
> >
> >
> >> From: Michelle Stranges <stranges at oswego.edu>
> >> Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" >>
> <caut at ptg.org>
> >> Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 14:24:59 -0400
> >> To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" >>
> <caut at ptg.org>
> >> 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
> >>
> >
>
>