At 03:13 PM 5/4/2006 -0400, you wrote: >Mr. Conrad.. > >Aside from your wardrobe malfunction (sneaker untied?) :) That could only be the plumbers cleavage the audience might see as I lean in and have my head stuck just above the strings so's I can hear the false beats over the din and through my earplugs. >When do you DO these? When the tech rider requires it or I am in attendence. >Which types of recitals?? (Just solo piano??) See above, but guest artists, mostly. I gave up going to most faculty recitals years ago. Something about trying to have a life, I think... The most fun was a number of years ago when I had to touch up a harpsichord, portativ organ and piano between performances of the Christmas program while the first audience of 1600 was leaving and the next was coming in. I insist on a comp aisle seat ticket fairly close to stage so's I can zip up and check the situation w/o "going up the down staircase". I always joke with the box office manager by saying "no tickee, no tunee" when I'm getting my comp tickets... ;-} Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076 - Right now, I'm hoping to live until my age matches my golf score, - Until then, I'll have to be content to have my IQ match my handicap.
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