At 10:25 AM 11/1/2006 +1100, you wrote: >Hi all, > >Just returned from tuning the piano for a Sydney Sydney Symphony Orchestra >second day performance for their schools concert programme. > >When I arrived to tune the piano, at my allocated time, there was just one >solitary Oboist rehearsing her lines. By the time I had finished, the >rehearsing instrumentalists included, two French horns, a trumpet, slide >trombone, a percussionist on kettle drums, a vibraphonist and the >aforementioned Oboist. > >Fortunately I also tuned the piano for the first concert yesterday, and >the piano is quite stable. Their lack of consideration had me dreaming of >arriving with tools in hand during their performance, for a little >unscheduled touch-up. > >Ron O >-- >OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY > Grand Piano Manufacturers >__ This is where my curmudgeon training course would come in handy. As you get to a certain age, (as you'll find out eventually) people expect you to speak/grumble/mumble out loud about those things which are flitting through your mind, such as a better placement of an oboe, or a more effective french horn mute. Little statements like, "Promise me you'll come back and vacuum during the concert, so the piano sounds the same, OK?" ;-} or... Just the other day some voice people came in on my recital hall tuning to do some "staging" saying "we won't be singing". Of course, they softly did. As I left I said, "You may not realise it, but sotto voce _is_ singing..." and slammed the stage door... Have a VB for me, Ron. Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076 - Right now, I'm hoping to live until my age matches my golf score, - Until then, I'll have to be content to have my IQ match my handicap.
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