[CAUT] Steinway Seminar @ Oberlin

[Donald McKechnie]

Below is a message from Eric Schandall regarding the Steinway seminar  
at Oberlin this year.

Don McKechnie
Piano Technician
Ithaca College
dmckech at ithaca.edu
607-274-3908


Steinway & Sons and Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Present





Concert and Technical Strategies for Institutional Technicians



July 8 - 13, 2007



Steinway and Sons is pleased to offer this week-long technical  
training seminar. It will be held at the Oberlin Conservatory of  
Music, which is Steinway’s oldest continuous client, has been an all- 
Steinway school since 1877 and is home to 199 Steinway grand pianos.



The seminar will focus on the ways in which Conservatory technicians  
approach Steinway pianos which are not only under constant use, but  
which also must meet high-level performance requirements in studios  
and on the concert stage.



Each participant will be assigned a Steinway grand to service. Ed  
Wedberg, of Steinway and Sons Concert and Artist Department at  
Steinway Hall and Eric Schandall, Steinway and Sons Administrator of  
Technical Training and Education, will present technical lectures on  
concert preparation and music school service. John Cavanaugh, Robert  
Murphy, and Ken Sloane members of the Oberlin Conservatory Department  
of Piano Technology, will lead discussion panels and hands-on  
training aimed at solving problems faced by piano technicians in the  
music school.

Additionally, Mr. Michael Lynn, Associate Dean, Technology and  
Facilities Professor of Recorder and Baroque Flute, will teach a  
class that addresses the important relationship between the  
administration and the Piano Technology Department. Dr. David  
Breitman, chair of the Oberlin Conservatory’s Department of  
Historical Performance will offer a general interest lecture on the  
history of the pianoforte.



Located in a small town in Northern Ohio, Oberlin College is 45  
minutes from Cleveland and its cultural resources and 30 minutes from  
the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, where transportation is  
available to Oberlin by limousine service or car rental. Oberlin’s  
rural surroundings are excellent for bicycling and jogging. Housing  
is provided in on-campus residence halls (not air –conditioned) just  
a few blocks from the Conservatory.



Enrollment in this seminar is limited to 12 students. The cost for  
this seminar is $900.00, including tuition, lodging and meals, and  
two group dinners at area restaurants. If you are interested in  
applying, please write to:



Eric Schandall

C/o Steinway and Sons,

1 Steinway Place,

Long island City, NY 11105.

Tel. 718-267-3251Fax 718-932-4332

eschandall at steinway.com




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