Concert Tuning Info Emergency

Farrell mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
Fri, 26 Jan 2001 17:04:47 -0500


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I enjoy new challenges. Usually. Which is good, because I have just made =
my tuning services available for my very FIRST concert tuning (5 minutes =
ago). Tomorrow. I know how to tune a piano for Mrs. Smith down the =
street, but ANYTHING having to do with a concert situation will be new =
to me (and admittedly, anything to do with a professional pianist).

I am to tune for Richard Mark (my info is he is a pop pianist - anyone =
know who this dude is?) tomorrow at noon at the Gasparilla Festival in =
Tampa, FL. I guess this is Tampa's stab at Mardi Gras. It is your basic =
get drunk and flash boobs event. Anyway, it is an outdoor stage and I =
was told I would have an hour to tune. Why am I not comfortable with =
that? I usually take at least an hour to tune.

Any general advice from you old pros regarding tuning specifics (any =
special style or anything, like lots of stretch, etc.) and just general =
considerations for outdoor concert tuning at a festival? Especially, any =
advice from SAT users - as I do the FAC thing with my SAT III. The piano =
is a rented Yamaha C3 that supposedly was tuned prior to leaving the =
rental company in Miami. Anything specifically unusual with this =
particular piano model? There are two tunings. The first at noon, and =
then one around 5 PM for an evening performance.

I have this feeling of stepping into a black abyss. Every time I have =
done that in the past, I have come up in pretty good shape. But there is =
always a first time it may not happen that way. I'm charging double my =
usual tuning fee for each tuning. Is that normal?

Help.  :O

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

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