List, Thought I'd share a fun experience when it comes to time pressure and the immediate need for concert activities. I was called in the early afternoon on the day of a Ray Stevens concert to be held in a major casino in my neck of the woods. Program was for 7pm. It would have been interesting enough to just go and tune for the concert on such short notice, but there was no piano to be tuned. Apparently the contract persons involved, for some reason, did not follow through on having a grand piano available. HELP WAS THE PLEA........!!!!! As it turned out I had two grand pianos in my possession, a small Baldwin grand (in my family since 1936), and a 1912 Knabe grand (my wife's favorite), of which i was very familiar with in terms of stability. Both have DP systems and were in tune. The casino sent out a truck with persons to my place. We loaded up the Baldwin, got it set up on the stage just in time for the program. no tuning ever took place. It was an "as is" situation. The program with off without a hitch. Got to stay for the event plus some extra benefits from the casino for making it happen for all concerned. Me and the wife had a great time helping make a much anticipated program happen for a few thousand, paying patrons. You do what you got to do, and with what you have available, and in the time constraints that occur. You don't worry about what doesn't meet with your expectations. You just make it happen. Sincerely, Keith -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090628/3b6c877f/attachment.htm>
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