Respect for PT's

[Avery Todd]

Wim,

Even if I'm getting paid extra for an outside group performing here, I
know all the box office people and I can always get in free if I want
to!

Avery

At 12:16 PM 07/22/02 -0400, you wrote:
>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