[CAUT] Pianos for piano performance majors

[Robin Blankenship]

No; not unless I could find some B-flat crumpets...


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From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Pianos for piano performance majors


> You mean throwing them overboard?
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> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, California
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> From: "Robin Blankenship" <tunerdude at comcast.net>
> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
> Received: 3/30/2006 4:47:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Pianos for piano performance majors
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>>David,
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>>Would not your school have some choice in which species of verticals it
>>got?? Mine does. It has gotten several Boston UP-118S's over the past 
>>couple
>>of years. I, too, held my breath about not being swamped with 1098's. But,
>>when I beheld the new Bostons, I felt positively like..........like having 
>>a
>>tea party!!!
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>>Yep,
>>Robin Blankenship
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Porritt, David" <dporritt at mail.smu.edu>
>>To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
>>Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 7:39 PM
>>Subject: Re: [CAUT] Pianos for piano performance majors
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>>Jim:
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>>I tend to agree with you about the variety but the S'ways do hold up 
>>pretty
>>well.  We are a keep-em-and-rebuild-em school.  We have bought 6 new 
>>pianos
>>since 2000 but I really encourage rebuilding rather than trading.
>>Fortunately the head of piano is the daughter of a piano technician and 
>>she
>>is firmly convinced that you get better instruments for less money that 
>>way.
>>I certainly agree with her.
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>>Our grand pianos are 75% Steinway.  Steinway Hall is trying to get us to
>>become an "All Steinway School".  I can't see any benefit in that myself -
>>well, except for only having to keep parts for Steinways.  I certainly 
>>would
>>not want to see a truckload of 1098s come in as I don't want to retire yet
>>and I'm sure I would if we had 50 of those!
>
>>dp
>
>>__________________________
>>David M. Porritt, RPT
>>Meadows School of the Arts
>>Southern Methodist University
>>Dallas, TX 75275
>>dporritt at smu.edu
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>>________________________________
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>>From: caut-bounces at ptg.org on behalf of Jim Busby
>>Sent: Thu 3/30/2006 1:39 PM
>>To: College and University Technicians
>>Subject: [CAUT] Pianos for piano performance majors
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>>List,
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>>I've noticed that several of you have practice rooms "locked" or reserved
>>for piano performance majors. Many reserve Steinways for those rooms, but
>>isn't a diversity of brands better? We currently have 6 of these rooms and
>>have the following breakdown;
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>>2 Steinway Ms
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>>1 Yamaha C3
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>>1 M&H A
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>>1 Kawai GS-40
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>>1 Baldwin L
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>>All these kept as optimal as possible.
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>>Any arguments for going all S&S? I'd especially like to hear from those of
>>you who majored in piano performance.
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>>Thanks.
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>>Jim Busby BYU
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