performance piano policies

[David's Email]

Jeff,

It sounds like your school doesn't have a performance piano policy?  All
pianos are used every day from 8 am to 10 pm.?  What would the rules be the
students respect...just curious.

David I.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Tanner" <jtanner@mozart.sc.edu>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: performance piano policies


> Hi Alan,
> There was an extensive thread on this a couple years ago or so.  So,
> you can find more discussion in the archives.
>
> Here, the performance pianos are not individually locked.  We don't
> have a problem.  Well, sometimes non-piano faculty will leave the piano
> uncovered and open after they use it, or next to the big return vent
> onstage which has a sign which reads in very large bold letters, "DO
> NOT STORE A PIANO IN THIS AREA".
>
> But students don't pose a problem and seem to respect the rules.  Part
> of that may be due to the fact that the hall is booked solid from 8 am
> to around 10 pm almost daily with classes, rehearsals, seminars, etc.,
> so there's no chance to get in there and play around.
>
> I think the general practice is that each performer gets to book one
> dress rehearsal time.  That's about all the hall schedule will allow.
> When we got our new building, we only got the 200 seat recital hall.
> Phase two, a 600-700 seat hall is in the planning stage.  We're next
> door to a 2500 seat hall, but that's not ours and we rarely use it.
> So, we only have the one venue right now, and the fact that it's booked
> solid, and locked when its not pretty well helps keep tabs on the
> pianos.
>
> And except for after certain faculty have been in there, everybody else
> even replaces the covers.
>
> Jeff Tanner
> University of South Carolina
>
>
> On Wednesday, October 8, 2003, at 04:04 PM, Alan McCoy wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > We are revisiting our policy regarding use of our performance pianos.
> > I am
> > curious as to what other schools policies are in this regard. That is,
> > do
> > you keep your pianos under tight lock and key available to only piano
> > majors, rehearsal only, open to all, etc? This will be the first time
> > for me
> > to engage in specific conversation with our faculty about this, but I
> > am
> > sure my predecessor did work out some kind of policy. Any thoughts or
> > suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Alan
> >
> > ____________________________________________
> > Alan McCoy, RPT
> > Eastern Washington University
> > 509-359-4627
> > amccoy@mail.ewu.edu
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