[CAUT] Performance facility inventory - a 2nd twist

[Barbara Richmond]

Uh, is this an on-line survey?

Barbara Richmond


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Tanner" <jtanner@mozart.sc.edu>
To: "College Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 12:28 PM
Subject: [CAUT] Performance facility inventory - a 2nd twist


> Hi All,
> I'd like to add a new twist to this survey.  After years of what I 
> thought was an understood policy of not allowing our primary recital 
> piano to be "prepared", we had a bit of a snag here this semester 
> because, apparently, there is very little saxophone repertoire which 
> does not involve some form of piano preparation.  We have a 2nd piano 
> available for prepared piano.  It's a very fine piano, so I'd rather 
> bring a junker in, but the understood policy had been to use the 2nd 
> piano for the few prepared pieces.  Somehow a nasty rumor got out last 
> summer that the sostenuto was not in regulation on the 2nd piano 
> (nobody ever told me about this until after all this blew up, but when 
> I went in to check it, everything worked just as it is designed), and 
> so the argument was that the 2nd piano, while in pristine, like new 
> condition, was somehow an "inferior" instrument -- a big shovel full of 
> hog manure.
> 
> Israel's statement, "We do not allow our primary performance 
> instruments to be "prepared"", gave me an idea to be able to present to 
> our administration.  I will be happy to compile the results of this 
> survey, and publish it for those of you who are interested.  I know 
> we've discussed this at length in the past, but we haven't done any 
> kind of formal survey on the subject.  My intention is not to rehash 
> the opinions but to learn if there is or is not any kind of official 
> policy at other institutions around the country.
> 
> How many of you have a policy that prohibits any form of preparation on 
> your primary recital piano (including just using tuner's mutes in the 
> strings)?  Both yeas and nays would present an interesting study.
> 
> Name of Institution:
> 
> Do or do not allow preparation of primary recital instrument:
> (if you allow some but not all, explanation is appreciated)
> 
> Reason why:
> 
> Is your policy understood or in writing?
> 
> What do your instrument use for "prepared piano" performances?
> 
> Thanks a million,
> Jeff
> Jeff Tanner, RPT
> School Of Music
> University of South Carolina
> 
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