A Day Off

[Avery Todd]

Hi Paul,

   Thanks for the reply.

>Requests for recital preparation must be in writing and made two weeks in
>>advance. Also, there is a box on the form that identifies which
>instrument is >needed.

   Maybe *this* is the area where I've been spoiling everyone. :-) We have
a central book where all recitals and rehearsals are written. I've always
taken
it on myself to check the book regularly to see when I needed to tune. The
only real problem I've had is recitals being postponed/canceled at the last
minute and no one informing me.

>It had gotten to the point that faculty and even students were stopping me
>in >the hall on a Friday with an "....Oh by the way, I need a piano tuned
>for my >recital tomorrow or the next day....".
>
>You need to take a hard line, but they will fall into place. The is some
>truth to the old joke that says: " Poor planning on your part does not
>constitute an emergancy on mine"
>
>Paul E. Dempsey

   Love it. I'd never thought of that expression in relation to the
tunings. Thanks.

Avery

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Avery Todd, RPT
Moores School of Music
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-4893
713-743-3226
atodd@uh.edu
http://www.music.uh.edu/

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