Hi Mike, My hall has a policy. Nothing major without a written proposal. This is a double edged sword however as nothing has been done other than tuning since 1991 to the instruments. They keep ignoring the proposals budget they say. Pianos come last. Coffee makers come first. At 11:24 AM 11/9/98 -0500, you wrote: >Newton Hunt wrote: >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------- >> HOUSE PIANO POLICIES >> Requests for nonstandard pitch will incur an additional $100.00 >> charge above the regular tuning fee. > >Good policy!, > One question though, how do you handle the varied requests for >different levels of brightness that every artist wants? Seems like you >can only prick, file, juice, squeez hammers so much before they die. I >have yet to see a piano faculty agree, let alone visiting artists. IMHO >this is a much bigger problem than the occasional non A-440 pitch >request. >-Mike Jorgensen > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. "Tuner for the Centre of the Arts" drose@dlcwest.com http://www.dlcwest.com/~drose/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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