[CAUT] tuning frequency

[Barbara Richmond]

Consider youself a lucky man.  For five years at IWU, I had one who
was "loyal" to the pervious tuner (who had been asked to retire)--that means
he
wouldn't cooperate with me no matter what.  Finally, the semester before I
moved to Texas, he had a change of heart (I don't know why, but it certainly
made working there much better).  When he heard I was leaving, he walked up
to me and said, "What?  You're leaving?  Why, I just started being nice to
you!"   Well, he was honest!  :-)

So, do you schedule work in different parts of the building on specific days
or times so you don't run into each other?

When I was at IWU, the recital hall pianos were tuned the same time each
week, but got extra attention for faculty recitals.  The faculty studios
were tuned on demand (usually 2-3 months), depending on seasonal swings.
Tuning got easier after I installed Dampp-Chasers and humidistats.  I heard
that my successor was able to get the funding to install the humidifiers.

Right now I'm thankful that the stage manager at the performance facility
where I work is a really great guy.  He knows how much time I like, puts it
in the schedule and even plans to have the stage lights on to cook the piano
before I come in.  It's nice.

Barbara Richmond


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@luther.edu>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] tuning frequency


> At 09:25 2/27/2005, you wrote:
>>Conrad,
>>
>>About the ZERO schedule conflicts in the early morning--what about
>>vacuuming (or whatever) custodians?  Are yours a cooperative lot?
>>
>>Barbara Richmond
>
> Yes.
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> Conrad Hoffsommer
> You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted,
> then used against you.
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