On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 5:35 PM, <wimblees at aol.com> wrote: > Paul > > This won't help for tomorrow morning, but when I was at UA, there was a > schedule of all the performance halls and classrooms, on-line, The faculty > and staff, including me, had access to that schedule. All performances and > classes were listed on this schedule. I would go through it once a month > looking for performances. I would then reserve that hall or classroom a day > or two, or even an hour or two, ahead of time to tune the piano. If there > was a performance where I wasn't sure if a piano was needed, I would > contact the person responsible for that program, and find out if I was > needed. In other words, I took the pro-active approach. Very seldom did I > have any last minute requests. > > Wim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> > To: caut at ptg.org > Sent: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:13 am > Subject: [CAUT] Scheduling Arrggs! > > > 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 > > ------------------------------ > *A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps!<http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1216817552x1201106465/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=82%26bcd=DecemailfooterNO82> > * > Hi Paul, I would let them hang themselves with it, it was their idea to schedule it without checking with you first, why should you "save" them? One of the artsy colleges in town came to me to be the "hired gun" for their concert work, they hired another from out of town for the classroom and studio pianos. When they insisted that I had to tune on Sunday morning for a faculty recital I was displeased but showed up and did the job. When I was told to pre-tune the S&S "D" for the Jim Brickman concert the day prior to his concert, I did so including finding the rattle in the low bass thanks to suggestions from this list. I was to then be back for sound check the following day of the concert at 3:30. I was there. Brickman showed up at 5:40 and proceeded to "rehearse" with the 2 vocalists that were appearing with him. Finally at 6:25 the theatre manager suggested they move elswhere to rehearse or perhaps go eat since the theatre doors opened at 7 and curtain was at 7:30. I re-tuned the D and was gone by 7. I billed for the full amount of hours I spent on the job the time from the first day and from 3:30 the second day I haven't heard from them again but was paid promptly. It was their feeling that I should be willing to tune at their beck and call at my customary rate, no extra charge for weekends, evenings, etc. I understand this the norm for most CAUT's and if I were salaried with some sort of benefits I wouldn't mind as much either. I wasn't, I'm self-employed with all the overhead that entails. The school uses a self-taught Steinway rebuilder(that's how he describes himself) to rebuild their pianos. I was informed, while I was doing the Brickman work, that they didn't want me to do any tech work, just tuning because he had given them a warranty on the rebuilt pianos. I told them fine, call him and tell him to get over here and find the rattle! They decided they would pay me to find it I don't miss them. Mike -- I intend to live forever. So far, so good. Steven Wright Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090122/04b85f50/attachment-0001.html>
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