<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=203204523-21092006>I had a tuning this afternoon at a very large church for a three day event in the main chapel. The place was huge enough that there was even a sound and light booth at the back. While I'm tuning there are also some workmen hanging stage lights and screens. Not a problem for me. When they raise their large aluminum ladders it goes clackity-clack for a couple of seconds and then I'm fine. About halfway through the tuning the sound guy arrives and, without asking me, he tells the workmen they have to stop what they are doing because they are disturbing the piano tuner, (me?). Quite frankly I found all the talking and discussion a lot more disturbing than the intermittent noise they were making. I assured everyone that the noise was not bothering me, which only fueled their discussion for a little while longer. Since I continued to tune away I think they eventually realized that they were not bothering me after all, but I don't thing the sound guy liked not having his way to make it quiet for me. First time I have ever had a stage tech going out of his way to make my work easy. Will probably never happen again so I thought I would share it.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=203204523-21092006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=203204523-21092006>-- Geoff Sykes</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=203204523-21092006>-- Assoc. Los Angeles</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>