<HTML>In a message dated 7/22/02 11:04:31 AM Central Daylight Time, ilvey@sbcglobal.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">In how many instances are the liner notes, program notes, or other published verbal materials already at the printshop by the time the piano tuner is hired for the job?  I don't know how it is in other cities, but here in Detroit, the performance venues have a habit of waiting to nearly the last minute to get hold of a piano, then finding a technician depending on which dealer the piano was rented from. </BLOCKQUOTE> The concert hall at the University of Alabama is also used by the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra. Since I have to take care of the concert grand for the university, it doesn't take much extra effort to also tune it for the TSO. But I do have to do some extra work. To keep the TSO's expenses down, I have offered to tune the piano free of charge in exchange for my name in the program and 2 season tickets, (about 6 concerts a year). My name, however, is not under all the other support personnel. I have a separate 2" column ad, saying a special contribution has been made by Willem Blees, Piano Tuner, and my phone number. It has only gotten me a few customers, but it's only been one year since I've moved here. Now that I am a little more known, I suspect I'll get more calls this year. Wim </HTML>