Thanks Israel, I'll pass this information along. Barbara Richmond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Israel Stein" <custos3@comcast.net> To: <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 12:40 AM Subject: [CAUT] stand-by & pitch change charges snip >> >>This is a learning experience for both the management and me. > > It certainly should be. You need to tell your director to read her > contract with the Pops carefully, and see if there are provisions for who > pays for non-standard tuning costs. And if there aren't, she should know > for the future and add riders to contracts involving pitch changes and > stand-by times covering these costs. When I worked Steinway C&A tunings > in Boston in the early nineties, the contracts specified stand-by fees and > fees for pitch raises, etc. And I assure you that the guys who tune for > the Boston Pops and the Boston Symphony at Symphony Hall in Boston (it's a > contract - not an employee situation there) charge them for stand-by > time - so it isn't anything that would be news to them... > > Israel Stein > > > > > >>In the past they used the university tech, who didn't charge them (long >>story) and when he got fed up with the piano and environs, he quit >>providing service to the hall. Then they used anyone they could get their >>hands on. New management called on me and I only agreed to do the job if >>I was allowed to make the piano sound and play better. That's how I ended >>up rebuilding the action. I'm training them about real piano care and >>getting professional results. Silly me, I thought my previous experience >>as a university technician prepared me for this job (ha!). Oh yeah, well, >>I suppose I did have to train the faculty back then, but things ran >>smoothly after that. The rules were established and that was that. Here, >>it seems every group that comes in has its own rules. >> >>You may ask, why, Barb, do you know the details about this concert so far >>in advance? In trying to get the staff to respect my time (making sure >>I'm available) and to put an end to those panicky last minute requests, I >>asked that I be contacted every time a <contract> came through that >>includes the use of our pianos. Golly, they're doing it!! >> >> >>Barbara Richmond, RPT > > > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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