Concert Tuning Info Emergency

[Richard Brekne]

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All things considering... I would say to just get the job done fast and 
as best you can and above all .... dont freak out. After doing a lot of 
concert work... you just look at it as another job... you gotta make it 
sound good. Thats the job.

Farrell wrote:

> I enjoy new challenges. Usually. Which is good, because I have just 
> made my tuning services available for my very FIRST concert tuning (5 
> minutes ago). Tomorrow. I know how to tune a piano for Mrs. Smith down 
> the street, but ANYTHING having to do with a concert situation will be 
> new to me (and admittedly, anything to do with a professional pianist).
> 
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> I am to tune for Richard Mark (my info is he is a pop pianist - anyone 
> know who this dude is?) tomorrow at noon at the Gasparilla Festival in 
> Tampa, FL. I guess this is Tampa's stab at Mardi Gras. It is your 
> basic get drunk and flash boobs event. Anyway, it is an outdoor stage 
> and I was told I would have an hour to tune. Why am I not comfortable 
> with that? I usually take at least an hour to tune.
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> Any general advice from you old pros regarding tuning specifics (any 
> special style or anything, like lots of stretch, etc.) and just 
> general considerations for outdoor concert tuning at a festival? 
> Especially, any advice from SAT users - as I do the FAC thing with my 
> SAT III. The piano is a rented Yamaha C3 that supposedly was tuned 
> prior to leaving the rental company in Miami. Anything specifically 
> unusual with this particular piano model? There are two tunings. The 
> first at noon, and then one around 5 PM for an evening performance.
> 
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> I have this feeling of stepping into a black abyss. Every time I have 
> done that in the past, I have come up in pretty good shape. But there 
> is always a first time it may not happen that way. I'm charging double 
> my usual tuning fee for each tuning. Is that normal?
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> Help.  :O
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> 
> Terry Farrell
> Piano Tuning & Service
> Tampa, Florida
> mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com <mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
> 

-- 
Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no


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