Consider youself a lucky man. For five years at IWU, I had one who was "loyal" to the pervious tuner (who had been asked to retire)--that means he wouldn't cooperate with me no matter what. Finally, the semester before I moved to Texas, he had a change of heart (I don't know why, but it certainly made working there much better). When he heard I was leaving, he walked up to me and said, "What? You're leaving? Why, I just started being nice to you!" Well, he was honest! :-) So, do you schedule work in different parts of the building on specific days or times so you don't run into each other? When I was at IWU, the recital hall pianos were tuned the same time each week, but got extra attention for faculty recitals. The faculty studios were tuned on demand (usually 2-3 months), depending on seasonal swings. Tuning got easier after I installed Dampp-Chasers and humidistats. I heard that my successor was able to get the funding to install the humidifiers. Right now I'm thankful that the stage manager at the performance facility where I work is a really great guy. He knows how much time I like, puts it in the schedule and even plans to have the stage lights on to cook the piano before I come in. It's nice. Barbara Richmond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@luther.edu> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] tuning frequency > At 09:25 2/27/2005, you wrote: >>Conrad, >> >>About the ZERO schedule conflicts in the early morning--what about >>vacuuming (or whatever) custodians? Are yours a cooperative lot? >> >>Barbara Richmond > > Yes. > > > > Conrad Hoffsommer > You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, > then used against you. > > > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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