[CAUT] protection form heat/cooling sources

[Gerald Groot]

We recently remodeled our Fine Arts Center completely.  My advice was
actually heeded!  When they redid the practice rooms, they removed access to
all windows by removing all of them!  J  As for the Professor's rooms, the
windows are way up high and cannot be opened.  Heat and A/C comes from
above, but is distributed fairly evenly.  Although, the HVAC still sucks.
The RH is all over the place yet.  Some rooms are considerably better than
others however---better than it used to be...  

 

We placed signs in the rooms and on the pianos stating that these
instruments "ARE NOT YOURS.  They are ours."  "Please do not place liquids
of any kind on them.  Please do not eat in these rooms and do not move these
pianos without permission from the music department or from the piano
technician."  That pretty much solved the vast majority of problems but, it
did not eliminate the problem completely.  Pianos were still moved around
and sometimes even lost on occasion.   But, for the most part, it slowed it
down considerably.   

 

Jer

 

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Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 11:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [CAUT] protection form heat/cooling sources

 

In small practice rooms, unless the temperature can be controlled by a
central unit, there is not much you can do, short of keeping it away from
that heat source as far as possible. 

 

As far as keeping piano from being moved, how about an anchor?  

 

Wim 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Wiencek <joespiano at gmail.com>
To: caut <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Tue, Mar 1, 2011 5:50 pm
Subject: [CAUT] protection form heat/cooling sources

Dear list,
What type of methods have you used to protect pianos in small practice  
rooms from nearby heat and/or cooling sources?  And how do you keep  
staff and students from moving pianos across carpeted flooring where  
they are inevitably placed right next to windows, a/c and heaters?
 
Thanks
Joe Wiencek
New York University
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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