Respect for PT's

[Wimblees@AOL.COM]

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In a message dated 7/22/02 11:04:31 AM Central Daylight Time, 
ilvey@sbcglobal.net writes:


> In how many instances are the liner notes, program notes, or other published 
> verbal materials already at the printshop by the time the piano tuner is 
> hired for the job?  I don't know how it is in other cities, but here in 
> Detroit, the performance venues have a habit of waiting to nearly the last 
> minute to get hold of a piano, then finding a technician depending on which 
> dealer the piano was rented from.
>  
> 

The concert hall at the University of Alabama is also used by the Tuscaloosa 
Symphony Orchestra. Since I have to take care of the concert grand for the 
university, it doesn't take much extra effort to also tune it for the TSO. 
But I do have to do some extra work. To keep the TSO's expenses down, I have 
offered to tune the piano free of charge in exchange for my name in the 
program and 2 season tickets, (about 6 concerts a year). My name, however, is 
not under all the other support personnel. I have a separate 2" column ad, 
saying a special contribution has been made by Willem Blees, Piano Tuner, and 
my phone number. It has only gotten me a few customers, but it's only been 
one year since I've moved here. Now that I am a little more known, I suspect 
I'll get more calls this year. 

Wim 

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