Hi Bruce and Shaun, As long as technicians continue to accept vaguely impossible working conditions nothing will change. Just Say "NO". At 09:22 PM 7/9/2008 -0400, you wrote: >Boy, do I hear you.  I've tuned for the recently established Amatuer >Pianist International here in Colorado Springs for 5 years now.  We have a >nice Hamburg Steinway D for the stage.  However, the practice rooms > are not scheduled for any attention this summer.  I get about an hour >prior to the first event, and 15 minutes for lunch and other breaks to >touch up the piano.  Usually, a russian pianist comes in for the final >masterclass and recital.  Usually, a few requests for regulation >adjustments.  Of course, everything must come within their budgetary >limits.  I guess misery loves company.  Nice to know I'm not the only one >doing this dance. > Bruce Pennington > > -----Original Message----- ><> ><> > Sent: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 6:04 pm > Subject: World Piano competition > > &S d. Man can they pound the hell out of a piano! I have >been lucky enough to come in each morning and find the piano in decent >shape as far as the tuning goes. My time allotment is getting shorter >how ever. When we started I could be in the hall at 7a.m, and they >wanted me off the stage by 830. Keep in mind that was for 2 pianos which >were in use for up to 10 hours. This week I only have 1 piano to worry >about. So with less worries they decided to cut my time back. I was >informed that I shouldn't inter the hall and start before 9a.m. "Oh, and >could you be off the stage by 930?" What the hell are these people >thinking? Don't get me wrong, often I can clean up/tune a piano in 30 or >40 minutes. I would not want said piano used for a performance though. >If a piano is on pitch, I like to have about 1 hour or 75 minutes to do >what I need to do, and that is not for a 10 hour concert where the >performers are possibly some of the best new talent on the planet. >So... Guess I'l l just go and do what I can do. If the piano maintains >its stability as it has I should not have a problem. Guess I'm just >complaining on principle here... Not to mention the fact that they >cheated me out of a tuning... They don't want any of the practice room >pianos tuned. Man, these things are so badly out I don't see how anyone >could stand to play them. I had to fix a sticking key for one of the >players, did that one for free as well. Well, he needed the note! It >should be against the law for someone to bring these people in and charge >them all this money to inter a contest where everything is so messed up! >I hate the lack of accommodations for the contestants. That bothers me >more than anything. Once I told someone that the reason I chose to pick >up the guitar as a kid was because every piano I was around was out of >tune and was unplayable. Oh, well, what do ya do?  Shawn Brock, RPT > The Famous, the Infamous, the Lame - in your browser. Get the TMZ >Toolbar Now! No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - >http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.4.7/1543 - >Release Date: 7/9/2008 6:32 PM Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner
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