tomorrow

[Roger Jolly]

At 06:03 PM 12/3/97 -0700, you wrote:
>> the Liverpool philomonic is playing these concerts are organised 12 months
>>in advance, so why did they have to leave it four days before to tell me>
>>
>>Barrie. 
>
>Barrie & List,
>
>I'm certain that late notice to service for special concerts has occured to
>a good number of piano technicians.  It reminded me of the time (prior to
>moving to this city) that I was called to tune the piano for a Louis
>Armstrong concert with just 3/4 hour time to raise pitch and tune, and the
>pitch raise was nearly 1/4 tone.  Because of the number of people they were
>expecting to attend, the concert stage was set up in a hockey arena.  The
>chairs were set on insulation panels, which covered the ice.  Since the
>figure skating club had an old upright at the rink, it ended up to be the
>piano they chose to use.  I was lucky that the corroded strings held.  My
>assistant on the job was the temperature in the building - it helped to
>speed up the tuning process.  About two years later they did a little
>better.  Same person, same place, same thing, only I managed to get a full
>hour this time, and did not need to raise pitch.  Makes one wonder how some
>of the organizers think, or get their jobs?
>
>Al Jeschke  RPT
>Calgary, Alberta
> 
>
>Hi Al,
        It could not have been Saskatoon could it?  Thank God they
demolished the old arena, I think the the piano was under the rubble.
Regards Roger.
Roger Jolly
University of Saskatchewan
Dept. of Music.