Ouch, good luck. I know that a piano that hasn't been tuned since before Thanksgiving around here will have gone considerably flat. I'd also guess that there'll be a bunch of production and other people running around making noise. On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> wrote: > > Hi All, > > How many times does it happen that I find out the day before a "live" > performance on PBS (local) radio for a concert at 9am tomorrow morning. > Today's full!! I know now I'll have to come in at 6am. (I know..boo hoo > for me..I picked the job :>) I remember many times in the private world > where wealthy folks throwing a huge Christmas party with hired > pianist....and forget to get the piano tuned until a day or two > beforehand...but this is rediculous! The Lied Center is a professional > concert venue and they should know that I'm not there at the drop of a hat. > What do they think I do...just sit around and write e-mails to my > collegues?!?!?! > > This is a really nice Steinway B...but I haven't tuned it for two months! > Maybe 5:30am would be a better idea? What have you folks done in these > situations? > > Thanks for advice... > > Paul >
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