brass vs. iron

[Jon Page]

At 11:21 AM 12/4/98 -0500, you wrote:<snip>
>I'm going to try and address the underlying issue of the folks in charge
of HVAC here keeping things more stable in the room itself. One of the big
problems is that voice faculty insist on having these hot spots on even for
classes and not just recitals - in order to duplicate recital conditions -
but they're ridiculously hot, in a small hall. Don't know if I'll have any
success in that sphere, though. At least we could not schedule fpo recitals
right after one of these classes.
>
>Thanks for all the very interesting feedback on my original posting.
>
>Allen
>

You have a problem with temperature, I have a problem with fog., elevated
humidity. A concert program lasting three days resulted in the piano going
sharp with no time to adjust pitch. The janitors, pardon me; the custodians
(an oximoron after this) deemed it necesary to allow cross ventilation
between concerts.  It would not have been so bad if the fog were not
rolling in across the parking lot.   I closed the doors. they opened them.
I told them the implications, They said, the audience gets too hot if the
doors are not open (no audience).  At least they complied with turning the
ceiling fans off;
"It's gunna get hot, I'll have to turn them on before 'they' get here".  

And thus we prevail . . . 

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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