Concert Prep - what is it and what it isn't?

[Brian Lawson]

Hi listee's, so despite my post of last week with my casino piano woes it
seems I have some more "concert work" coming my way. hate it, hate it, hate
it. The reason, I try to avoid it and stay with the domestic work of
household tunings which is done on my own determined time schedule, honestly
hate time constraints - RPT exam was a minor nightmare.

So, the piano in question is a S&S C, it has (for me) a very shallow touch
(seems to be at under 8mm though didnt measure acurately and tight key
bushings, dusty, damper regulation problems etc.

In an artical that Susan Kline wrote recentlly she said that she spent her
own time working on a Baldwin, getting results that she used later. I'm not
saying I'll do that but given the time - what amount of time should I look
at? what should I work on? do I try and re-regulate the piano to specs I
have from that Steinway book which has blow at 1 7/8" (47mm) and touch at
9.5mm or as "it works", leave it?

For those of you who do this as a regular activity, is your tuning charge
more than a domestic tuning, your time preping; how much per hour in
relation to your tuning price - give me a percentage difference rather than
a dollar price.

Have there been articals in the journal that I have missed or not
duplicated?

Brian Lawson, RPT
Johannesburg, South Africa