on 10/26/00 11:57 AM, Avery Todd at atodd@UH.EDU wrote: > 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 Avey, Bravo ! Make A-440 an OFFICIAL Policy. I like the idea of having the group bring in their own piano for A-442 . My experience is that it takes more than one tuning to stabilize after the raise. It took about 2 months of concert tunings before I felt secure with the stability. Keep that director. Support like that is hard to find. Guess you'll read the contract closer next time. Contract? I find our contracts are somewhat vague in our rentals, but so far nothing like what you describe has happened with out prior notice. We have a concert manager who does the rental contracts. He screens the set-up and equipment needs. If something like A-442 would drop on us, his seat would be hot. Joel -- Joel A. Jones Senior Piano Technician 1501 Humanities Building 455 North Park Street Madison, WI 53706 FAX 608 - 262 - 8876 608 - 263 - 1887
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