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Stagecraft Digest, Issue #61

 1. Re: Contractor education (was:  Production Triangle (Good, Fast, Cheap))
    by FREDERICK W FISHER <fwfisher [at] facstaff.wisc.edu>
 2. Re: SF Modestly Presents. . . . .
    by Boyd Ostroff <ostroff [at] operaphilly.com>

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Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 07:36:30 -0500
From: FREDERICK W FISHER <fwfisher [at] facstaff.wisc.edu>
Subject: Re: Contractor education (was:  Production Triangle (Good,
 Fast,
 Cheap))
Message-id: <bb5bbba988.ba988bb5bb [at] wiscmail.wisc.edu>

> Even in our home:  "That custom solar air handler doesn't look 
> normal, so 
> we will not bid on installing ductwork for you."
> 
> That last one was probably the most puzzling, it took us quite 
> some time to 
> find an HVAC contractor that would bend sheet metal and install 
> ducts for 
> us.  Even if I told them exactly what size and type to run, they 
> wouldn't 
> take the contract.  I hate it when people complain about lack of 
> work and 
> you can't get them to take your money.
>  ----------
> Jerry Durand

I find this interesting.  In thirty years I have found it rare for a shop 
not to jump at the chance to do something custom or experimental and have
had really innovative input from these vendors.
Fred Fisher
 


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Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 08:50:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: Boyd Ostroff <ostroff [at] operaphilly.com>
Subject: Re: SF Modestly Presents. . . . .
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The purfuit of happineff?

I literally wore that LP album out listening to it as a kid. :-)

Boyd Ostroff                          ooo      Opera Company of Philadelphia
Director of Design & Technology     ooooooo        1420 Locust St, Suite 210
ostroff [at] operaphilly.com             ooooooo           Philadelphia, PA 19102
http://tech.operaphilly.com           ooo                (215) 893-3600 x225


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