<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV>On Feb 1, 2007, at 10:53 AM, Paul T Williams wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BR><FONT size="2" face="sans-serif">Hi List,</FONT> <BR> <BR><FONT size="2" face="sans-serif">I am about to embark on the most important concert prep I have done to this point. 蟖hick Corea is coming to town on February 14 (not a day to my wife's liking!). He is playing with Gary Burton on vibes and that is all. 狢 was wondering if any of you have tuned for him before? 狢 spoke with his personal tech in LA a couple of days ago, and then he e-mailed me about 30 hours of work to do on our Steinway D. (His tech is apparantly not in the Guild, but has been in the biz for some 30 years+) 狢 have no doubts that the piano will be beautiful, and I think the piano will probably meet his standards in about 15-20 hours. that's not my point. 狢 am just inquiring as to any tips you all can give me if you have worked for the gentleman.</FONT> <BR> <BR><FONT size="2" face="sans-serif">Thanks for the input!</FONT> <BR> <BR><FONT size="2" face="sans-serif">Paul</FONT> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>Hi Paul,<BR><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>I tuned for Chick Corea once maybe 15-20 years ago. My memories of him are positive - ie, he wasn't a prima donna type, and was reasonably accepting of what was there (it was a rental Yamaha). Demanding, but in a nice way. I don't know how much that helps - he could have become more demanding and less tolerant in the intervening years. Interesting what you describe. I don't guess you would want to share that email about "30 hours of work," would you? I'd be interested to read it.<BR><DIV><DIV>Regards,</DIV><DIV>Fred Sturm</DIV><DIV>University of New Mexico</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:fssturm@unm.edu">fssturm@unm.edu</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></DIV><BR></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BODY></HTML>