From storage to stage

[Barbara Richmond]

Well, Joe, I've been thinking about what you had to say.  I've got some
questions and thoughts.

How long does it take stage lighting to throw a piano off?  I don't
remember that being a problem at my last gig (the 600 seat place).   The
"hot" spot lights were only on for performances.

These are hard times financially, so as a money saver, I believe the lights
are on only when they have to be--as opposed to the old practice of leaving
them on continuously between the rehearsal and the concert.

Of course, I want stability in tuning--that's why I want the piano on stage
at least a day before the performance.  But, I wonder about the short term
and long term effects of "cooking" the piano for a day before the concert,
storing it after the concert and then having it go through that same process
again.

Well, I suppose I don't *really* need to worry about it, because there's no
way they are going leave those lights on for 24 hours.  :-)

Anybody else out there willing to share their experience with this?

Barbara Richmond, RPT




----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: From storage to stage


> Barbara asked: "It seems like it would be easiest to have a policy in
place
> so it =
> automatically gets done and not have to make a request each time.  =
> Thoughts?  Opinions?  What do you do?"
>
> Barbara,
> Although I do not do many concert situations, I insist the piano be on
> stage, in place for at least 24 hours before the concert. Also, I like to
> have ALL of the stage lights, that will be used during the concert, ON.
And
> left on until the "house" is opened to the public. If the venue will not
do
> this, then I refuse to do the work. (Period) Concert instruments are
> "squirrely" enough without the added climatic problems caused by the
> "administration" of such venues not knowing what the heck they're about,
in
> regards to THE PIANO! (hmm? please excuse the run-on sentence.<G>)
> Best Regards,
> Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
> Captain, Tool Police
> Squares Are I
>
>
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