I like it! The situation often arises when the soloist is not scheduled to be first so the piano sits off stage, cooling its heels. The crews at the local venues are great to work with and this sounds like a good fix, and more economical to boot. Alan > From: Alan McCoy <amccoy@mail.ewu.edu> > Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>" <caut@ptg.org> > Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:28:01 -0700 > To: "College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>" <caut@ptg.org> > Subject: Re: [CAUT] pitch under the lights > > Don, > > That is an interesting idea. Do you mount the bulb in one of those clamp-on > lights and clamp it to the lid prop or something? > > Alan > > > -- Alan McCoy, RPT > Eastern Washington University > amccoy@mail.ewu.edu > 509-359-4627 > > >> From: Don <pianotuna@yahoo.com> >> Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>" <caut@ptg.org> >> Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:38:07 +0000 >> To: <ilvey@sbcglobal.net>, "College and University Technicians >> <caut@ptg.org>" >> <caut@ptg.org> >> Subject: RE: [CAUT] pitch under the lights >> >> Hi David, >> >> Check the archives. I've often used a single 500 watt "spot" to keep the >> piano warm--on and off stage. The lighting guy will be happy to not run >> *all* the lights for hours and hours. >> >> At 09:05 AM 4/26/2005 -0700, you wrote: >>> So what we really need is a plate heater, something that will let the >>> plate and strings warm evenly...hmm....? >>> >>> David I. >> >> Regards, >> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. >> Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat >> >> mailto:pianotuna@yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ >> >> 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 >> 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner >> >> _______________________________________________ >> caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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