[CAUT] Knock, knock.....

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

Avery Todd wrote:
> Hey, Bob.
> > You're evil!!!!!!!!!!! LOL> 
> Avery Todd


Degradation does occur whenever pianos are locked in concert halls...

We do two shows of our Christmas program on one night(5 performances/4 
days). I had tuned the instruments that morning and relocked them, as 
usual. (We'd been having a lot of unauthorized usage at the time, so 
security was tight) I'd gotten tickets for, and showed up for, the 
second performance to be greeted with, "The piano was still locked when 
the .... choir (primo of 6) went to use it."

Oops...

The conductor just went to the next choir/number, with hardly a hitch. 
Ever since, however, I've gotten tickets for the first show, and look to 
see if the lock is in place. (also to attend to emergencies, retune 
harpsichord, etc. between shows)





> 
> On 10/25/07, *ITUNEPIANO at aol.com <mailto:ITUNEPIANO at aol.com>* < 
> ITUNEPIANO at aol.com <mailto:ITUNEPIANO at aol.com>> wrote:
> 
>     The concert was about to start, the lights went down.  From my spot
>     in the audience, I heard the stage door jiggle...then it jiggled
>     harder, obviously it was locked.   I heard a key in the lock, then
>     another.  I realized I needed to quickly make my way back stage!   I
>     found the artist and the Chair of piano studies trying every key
>     they had in the lock in a futile attempt to open the door to the
>     stage!   Fortunately, my master key worked, and the concert
>     proceeded.  It turns out the audio guy usually unlocked the stage
>     door before each concert, but he missed this concert, and no one
>     thought to check the door!  Hee hee,   
>      
>     Bob Maret, RPT
>     Piano Technician 

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