[CAUT] Space usage survey

[Alan Eder]

Hi David,


Good question.


I request two hours in each hall, each day there are performances using piano.  Once upon a time I got this.  Sometimes two hours are needed, as the instruments are heavily used in classes and rehearsals as well, and the users are not always forthcoming if something is wrong with the instruments.  What I get is two or one or zero hours, depending on other usage needs, which have increased over the years as our student population continues to grow.  In one hall, no time means no time.  In the other, no time means pushing the piano(s) out in to the foyer and working on them there (where there is much traffic and a growing amount of noise from various sources as the day wears on)--one of my least favorite things to do.  The ventilation does not come on until 7 AM, so tuning before then isn't usually advisable.


Alan Eder


-----Original Message-----
From: Brown, David <dcbrown at mail.smu.edu>
To: caut <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Tue, Nov 9, 2010 11:54 am
Subject: [CAUT] Space usage survey


Good afternoon all-

Just a quick post to ask  -  for those of you that have regular access to your 
concert instruments ( certainly not all of us, I know ), how much time do you 
normally ask for - receive –  require in your performance  halls ? And at what 
times of day? I am going to be making space time requests and am looking for 
some data to reinforce the point that sufficient, regular weekly time with 
concert instruments is crucial to their health and well being.

Many thanks in advance -

Best-

David
--
David C. Brown RPT
Piano Technician
Division of Music
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas Texas 1-214-768-3976
dcbrown at smu.edu


 
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