<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 3/1/04 2:54:38 PM Central Standard Time, jtanner@moz= art.sc.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>atodd@UH.EDU writes:<BR>> However, that bei= ng said, I still feel justified in one<BR>> thing I told her, which is un= fortunately way too common here.<BR>> Way too many performers schedule re= citals, etc. using a<BR>> harpsichord without even checking first to see = if it's<BR>> available on the date needed. Plus they also rarely consider= <BR>> the logistics of getting everything done. I guess some just<BR>>= think that things like this just magically appear. :-) </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>= </DIV> <DIV>Also on that note, yesterday at the voice recital, the flute professor = just happened to be sitting behind me, and she asked if a student had reques= ted the moving and tuning of the harpsichord for a recital the followin= g Sunday. When I said no, I asked her if I should just pretend I don't know,= and then when the student asks me at the last minute to tell her I don't ha= ve time. She said, no. The problem is not so much the student, but the accom= panist who is taking h'chord lessons. The flute prof said the accompanist is= kind of flaky, and not to take it out on the flute player.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>But it's just another one of those instances that Jeff t= alked about. Pianos and h'chords just magically get tuned and moved, and&nbs= p;no one asks questions. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Don't you just love this job? :):)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim  </DIV></BODY></HTML>