Hi Roger! Yes, it was Saskatoon. As you likely know I tuned at the auditorium until I left, and Louis Armstrong could have had a nice concert grand there instead of playing in the cold. Although Louis usually blew up a storm! Saskatoon - nice city - top music centre!! Best regards, Al >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. > >
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