---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Chris, Your story makes me VERY, VERY glad our new hall has "state of the art" lights which put out very little heat. I believe I remember hearing the Theatre Manager say that some could even be touched while on and not burn you. Sure makes it easier on the harpsichord tuning(s), as well as the pianos, of course! :-) And our new Fortepiano is being used again on Sunday night for a faculty recital. More weekend work. :-) Avery At 02:14 PM 2/15/2005, you wrote: >>2 Bozo Imperials got stuck in a trailer overnight in a mid-west winter & got >>to the venue about an hour or so before the concert. They were hanging & >>focussing lights while I was tuning. > >This story reminds me of last quarter. I had the D sounding beautiful the >day before the gig and was scheduled to come in two hours before the >curtain to touch up after the sound check. When I got there, the lid was >off, the lights were on full for hours, and the sound check went way >over. The piano was hot to the touch and had totaled the tuning, of >course. They gave me a whopping fifteen minutes to "touch up". I blasted >through it as the crowd came in and took their seats at the top of their >lungs. Yeah, the crew and artist were understanding. I even had >friends come up to me later laughing about the way I looked up >there. The only drag was that this concert was recorded live for a >national radio broadcast. (I didn't listen to the show when it was aired) > >Chris > > >School of Music, Ohio University >Rm. 311, Robt. Glidden Hall >Athens, OH 45701 >Office (740) 593-1656 >Cell (740) 590-3842 >fax (740) 593-1429 ><http://www.ohiou.edu/music>http://www.ohiou.edu/music > ></blockquote></x-html> ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/99/7b/cc/a8/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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