<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <blockquote TYPE=CITE>"The only language for the piano technician to know is that those in charge are there to insure the show will go on, and that it's a much larger reality than just a piano tuning for them."     I realise that, but it still amazes me when people in the business of producing musical events expect you to tune while music is being played, people are shouting around you, etc.</blockquote> Course the heart of the question is where goes the bounds of realism. And frankly.... piano techs have been laying flat down spread wide open for the proverbial screw job for far too long.  Perhaps thats why in the past 200 years our sort have gone from being amoung the most highly regarded in society, to near lowlifes that should be thankfull anyone throws a halfeaten turkey bone to them instead of the court mongrel. The fact is that as long as we continue to accept this kind of situation, we will continue to be pressed into it. JMV -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway <A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A>   </body> </html>