In Steve Brady's great book "Under the Lid", he wrote he couldn't understand why concert technicians, who had prepared/tuned the piano, didn't attend the concerts. It certainly seems like a good idea, but I wondered how does he get paid? Since he is attending the concerts anyway, why pay him for standby...right? Steve also insisted on tuning before rehearsal whenever possible, talking with the pianist after rehearsal and then tuning before the concert and then attending...? I may have a little of that incorrect, but basically that was what I got from reading that section of the book. Who is paying for all his time? Maybe someone could explain it to me? For me, it was unrealistic... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Jeff Tanner" <tannertuner at bellsouth.net> To: caut at ptg.org Received: 3/31/2010 10:33:10 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] recital policy >I was never required to be present for recitals. I was asked to remain on site during >piano festivals, but that was during normal work hours. Never once in 10 years was >my presence needed for the "unthinkable". Once, back when at UGA, I hung around >til intermission and touched up unisons for a Marcus Roberts performance, but that >was almost pointless. Doing touchups doesn't make much sense. Either the piano will >have held well or will need a complete retuning from temperature changes. >Besides, with schools understaffing the workload as they do, asking a tech to be on >the clock for recitals means he/she has to cut time available for the rest of the >inventory. Just doesn't make very good sense from an efficiency and productivity >standpoint. >And, I could comment that your family time is worth a heck of a lot more than your >hourly salary, too. I'd want a heck of a lot bigger salary if they were going to require >me to be there at beckon call any time of day. >Jeff Tanner > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dr. Henry Nicolaides > To: College and University Technicians > Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 1:01 PM > Subject: [CAUT] recital policy > Hi list...I was wondering about policy regarding the piano technician presence >at/during recitals. It does not appear that we, at SIU, have a written guideline or >policy. I prep and tune before the solo piano recitals and tune within a reasonable >time (whatever that happens to be and considering the use of the piano and recital >hall) before accompanied voice and instrumental recitals. Just wondering if anyone >was "required" to be present during any recitals to be available should the >unthinkable happen. > Henry Nicolaides > Piano Technician, School of Music > Southern Illinois University >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. Learn >More.
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