Hi Phil, If the tuner does not ask for what is ideal then the hall will certainly not know about it. If they do--well and good. If not, then try to educate them. I've nearly always been granted enough time to do the work that was needed--but then I asked for what I believe was appropriate for concert level work. (definitely not a neglected piano requiring 10 cents pitch correction) Concert tuning should be at the same level as recording studio tuning don't you think? The BBC in London, for example, has 7 grand pianos that are each tuned 5 times per week. Perhaps, Phil, you can change a tuning 10 cents and have it at concert level in one pass. Good for you. At one four day out door event I was on call from 6 a.m. until the last show of the evening began their set. I had to tune for the next band while the previous one was performing, and then there was a brief 15 minute window where I could clean up the piano as much as possible while the stage was struck and reset. In those circumstances I did what I could--but I would never suggest those were "concert tunings". The 2nd year they tried another "cheaper" tuner. The rest of the years they used me. At 05:37 PM 10/19/2007 -0400, you wrote: > >Phil wrote: >> >> #3 on your second or third pass tune aurally. > >2nd or 3rd pass? How much time are you given?? > >Don - honestly..what you've laid out here is >best case scenario, and as long as I've had the >pleasure to do concert work, I have NEVER had >the opportunity to do 3 passes. I would hate to >think that any piano 'needing' that many passes >won't pass the test anyway. > >With all due respect, > >-Phil Bondi(Fl) Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner
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