I guess I was fairly lucky when I still worked at the University of Houston. NO one removed the lids except for the Hall staff! It really pays to have a good relationship with them if you're lucky enough to have that in your main concert hall! I loved it. I NEVER had to do it! <grin> Avery Todd On Jan 19, 2008 1:41 PM, <A440A at aol.com> wrote: > Kent asks: > << >I have a couple questions about maintaining concert pianos on stages > at > > >universities. > > > > > > 1) Do you have a policy about the touch-up of finish damage? Does > anyone > touch-up as needed? Or > > > perhaps annually? Never?< > > At Vanderbilt, the 5 year old piano is still nice,the 28 year > old > D is beat up fairly severely. We have touch up done about 10-15 years > into > the use, and a refinish about every three decades. I think I lightly > oiled > the case of the new one when it was delivered, and it hasn't shown the > fingerprints as badly as one of those dry matte finishes do. > > > > 2) Do you have a policy on removing lids?< > > Oh yes, I do. However, the students and faculty don't, so our pianos > are sometimes sitting there topless without me having a clue. I am not > being > paid to enforce rules, just to repair the damage. > > >There is also a history of damage being > > > done while removing and replacing grand piano lids. >> > > The greatest harm I ever saw was done when only the middle hinge pin > was in. The first time the lid was opened and put on the long stick, it > pivoted on the pin, breaking the prop stick, smashing the music desk and > scratching > everything in the path as it twisted and ripped the pin and screws out of > the > rim. Great fun, lots of shouting etc. > > Ed Foote RPT > http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html > www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html > <BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>Start the year off right. Easy ways to > stay > in shape.<BR> > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > </HTML> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20080119/31caa149/attachment.html
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