On Monday, February 21, 2005, at 04:42 PM, Don wrote: > Hi, > > We sometimes forget we are artisans rather than artists. > > Horowitz preferred 3 p.m. on Sundays for recitals. Would you presume to > refuse to service his piano? If Horowitz showed up on Sunday, that would be a special event. > > I do realize that often University Techs are under paid and over > worked. No, "often" would not be the word you were looking for here. > The trade off is a paycheck that is stable and other benefits. However > in > "private practice" I have been required to tune pianos at 2 a.m., > which I > did quite cheerfully, and as it was a concert hall where I was the > resident > tuner, there was no "extra" remuneration involved. > Except that you're not doing the tuning for a take home check of $14. Then, you have to take your travel cost out of that. I live 16 miles away. At 37.5 cents a mile that's $12 round trip. So, if I have to come in on Sunday to do a single tuning, I take home $2.00. That's what I'm talking about. Jeff Jeff Tanner, RPT School Of Music University of South Carolina
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