[pianotech] My Dillema: 5 Browns

[Michael H. Fisher]

I remember spending all afternoon going from one to the other and by the time one was completed, the previous was already drifting.  I think the previous gig was in Louisiana and they came to Bowling Green the day of the concert.  So there was definitely an acclimation issue but they were very nice and nobody seemed to care or notice the pianos didn't match perfectly.  

Mike Fisher
Staff tech
BGSU
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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Phil Frankenberg [philfrank56 at comcast.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 4:36 PM
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Subject: [pianotech] My Dillema: 5 Browns

In two months the 5 Browns are coming to Chico  to give a concert and open rehearsal. With them comes 5 pianos, 2S&S D's and 3 B's. I am expected to tune them all the day they arrive (the open rehearsal day) and the next day which is the day of the concert. I am a good tuner and I'm relatively quick, but there's no way I can do 5 concert tuning in 5 hours and repeat that again the next day. I'm 64 years old and comfortable with two a day and often three, but even when I was 25 I wouldn't have been able to do a good job after the first three. I assume they have done concerts all over the country and other techs have faced something similar. Any advice? Anyone want to trade places with me for a couple of days? I wish I could do it, I'd give them a whopper of a bill.

Thanks

Phil Frankenberg
CSUChico
Chico, Ca.