Wouldn't it be possible to cut a piece of masonite to fit the area directly over the tuning pins/hammers/dampers and cover this with an absorbant material. This along with the no drinks in the practice rooms rules should eliminate most of the problems? David I *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 8/20/01 at 10:46 AM Ron Torrella wrote: >John Minor wrote: > >> We have students petitioning to have VENDING machines installed in our >> music building! It sounds insane to me, but I thought I'd check with >other >> techs to see if this is "usual". >> >> John Minor >> University of Illinois > >We have them, here. I'm constantly reminding instrumentalists (pianist and >others) that that can of pop will be very expensive if it spills. Lots of >times, the student picks up the can and says, "It's empty!" I'm working on >a >panicked facial expression (color-drained) as a response..... > >It turns out that international sign language (you know, the soda pop cup >with >a straw stuck in it and bubbles rising from the cup -- all with a slashed >circle super-imposed) is totally ineffective. Visual desensitization occurs >after they've stared at the sign for more than three days, I think. Doesn't >even occur to them that the sign days "no food or drink"! > >So far, <knock on wood> there have been no spill incidents. > >Ron Torrella >University of Michigan > > >_________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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