warning! long. Multiple pianos and pitchraising

[Jon Page]

John,
You are being taken advantage of.  I revert back to JC's remarks:
 
> I do not think that situations like this should exist. Those who plan 
>and these gala affairs should plan time for the tuners. Those who
>rent tune for these affairs should plan ahead and work their plan.
>A technician has every right to walk away from being involved in a 
>pressure attack like this. 

>On the other hand, there may be times in your future where you may be 
>called upon to rescue the perishing and care for the dying. If you are a 
>compulsive rescuer and find satisfaction in this, you may also find
>some direction from this article in how to approach the situation. 
> 

You need help for this situation. If the school district is skimping then
they should not endeavor to promote these functions.

As their technician you _should_ insist  on help. You WILL need it ! ! ! 

You could just hire a few friends and bill the school and pay them
when the check comes in.  What difference should it make to the
school _how_ many tuners were working as long as the job is done.
Unless you are Superman's brother you can not handle this load.

You have been contracted to perform this job, so subcontract.
The power of authority is to delegate responsibility.
Do not impale yourself on your sword of valiant efforts.

Get help,

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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At 05:18 PM 3/7/99 -0700, you wrote:
>OK Dr. Coleman:        
>       That situation sounds like a "kamikazi" tuning job ( the word "tuning"
>should be taken very lightly here) that I will have to do in about a
>month.  The school district will bring about 40 pianos to one high school
>starting at about 4:00pm.  I will have between then and the next morning
>to "tune" them.  I have an VTD ( thank goodness as it doesn't fatigue
>like my brain) and have done this before.  The only way I can see to do
>it is to allot X number of minutes per piano and hope for the best.  (
>That "X" is about 25 minutes per piano)  Anyway, being as you have been
>faced with this kind of situation I thought I would write and see what
>you would do - other than making sure that as many of the pianos as
>possible had been as well tuned as possible prior to their being moved. 
>Oh, and before you ask, the school district only wants one tuner doing
>the work.  It is a real shame as the pianos are to be used for District
>Music Festival where kids are going in for competition.  I do a quick
>tuning over the center of each instrument and then quickly check the
>unisons in the top 1 1/2 octave as well as the notes below C-3.  If you
>or anyone else reading this have/has any suggestions ( other than a test
>for sanity ) I would appreciate hearing from you.
>
>John R. Fortiner
>Billings, MT.
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