<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>OK folks, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I asked this before (read below) and = got one really good speculative answer, but didn't hear from anybody who actually has a = maintenance schedule or agreement set up.  I'm sure there must be = someone out there who has something like this set up.  The information (in = hours) would be helpful for determining a budget line.   I'm = told the amount the pianos are used varies (not as busy as a recital hall at = a university, of course), but still, there are multiple tunings every month.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyone have anything set up like, for instance, after x number of concert preps (tuning & = tweaking), x hours are spent to catch up on maintenance?     </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=piano57@flash.net href="mailto:piano57@flash.net">Barbara = Richmond</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 12, 2004 8:39 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Concert hall work</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Speaking of concert pianos, what kind = of regular service do you schedule for public "big venue" halls?  My only = experience with concert work has been the heavily used concert/recital hall at a university where I was on staff and serviced the pianos = every week, with an every once in a while larger time slot for the = regulation that I couldn't accomplish during my weekly service = time.  Have any of you worked out an agreement where you can go in somewhat regularly, = having however many hours you need to get the rest of the maintenance work = done--besides trying to squeeze it in during the preparation for an = upcoming event?  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peoria = Chapter</FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>