A-440 Policy?

[Avery Todd]

List,

   Just thought I'd vent a little. I worked off-campus all day
yesterday and didn't check my messages until around 6 PM. The
Houston Symphony is here for 3 days beginning today (at _their_
request, not ours) for an all-Copeland concert Saturday night
and we were not "informed" until 4:45 yesterday afternoon that
they wanted the piano at A-442. You'll notice I said informed,
not asked! As in "permission".
   Needless to say, my hackles are STILL up. I had to get here
about 6 AM this morning to do the pitch raise job for them
because we were informed so late, that I had no chance to fight
it. When that alarm went off at 4:30 AM, well, let's just say
that you'd rather not hear my "thoughts" about why.
   I just had a talk with the Director of the School of Music
and he's in total agreement with me. After this concert is over,
the OFFICIAL policy is that our performance halls are A-440 halls
and if any other pitch is desired, the organization will bring
their own instrument(s). I'll tune it to whatever is desired, if
they want, but _our_ 4 instruments are to stay at A-440!
   The director also told me that the symphony is to be billed
for a pitch raise job and a pitch lowering job.
   It's wonderful working at a school that gives me this kind of
support and backing!
   Just curious. Does anyone else have that kind of official
policy at your school?

Avery