[CAUT] concert tuning etiquette

[Willem Blees]

John



At UA, I asked the orchestra manager to ask the orchestra to leave the stage during intermission, with an explanation. Most of them did, and those that didn't, respected my need for quiet. It was the audience that didn't have a clue what I was trying to do. With the first row is only 5 feet from the front of the stage, those sitting in the first five rows?think intermission is time to catch up?on the latest gossip, or have a conversation with the people in the back of the hall. ?

I wore?a nice shirt and slacks,?but no tie. 

Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Honolulu, HI
Author of 
The Business of Piano Tuning
available from Potter Press
www.pianotuning.com


-----Original Message-----
From: John Minor <jminor at uiuc.edu>
To: caut at ptg.org
Sent: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 9:28 am
Subject: [CAUT] concert tuning etiquette



I touched up a harpsichord at intermission for a Messiah performance last night 
and endured the typical orchestra chatting and playing as I tuned. I've been 
known to give a glare that says, "Do you mind?". This was a local orchestra with 
college students mixed in. I'd be interested in how other techs deal with this.

Also, anyone wear a coat and tie for tuning while the house is being seated or 
at intermission?

John Minor
University of Illinois


________________________________________________________________________
More new features than ever.  Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20071209/f027804c/attachment.html