>On Fri, 18 Nov 1994, John Minor wrote: > >> >> I need suggestions on what to do with students who place >> drinks on top of pianos! We have 15 or so new Yamaha verticals in >> practice rooms, and students seem to treat them like they are the >> same old junk we replaced! >> There ARE new signs posted in most of the rooms stating no smoking >> or drinking, etc. I HATE asking people to remove their drinks from the >> pianos, especially the graduate students who should know better!!!!!! >> Any comments are welcome! >> >> John Minor >> University of Illinois >> jminor@uiuc.edu > >John this problem is older than I am. The effective solution has yet to >be born as far as I know. I make a big deal about it whenever I see it. >I have confiscated coffee pots from practice rooms. We have 49 new >Baldwin 243s that we got 16 months ago. So far the damage has not been >significant but it is something I get serious about. > >I make posters and put them on my shop door. One of them has a picture of >a large aligator. The head fills the picture and he appears to be >smiling. Under this is written: "...and then he sat his drink down on the >piano so I ate him." > >If you find a TRULY effective means to stop this kind of irresponsibility >please let us all know. Also, if you learn a tactful way to kill tenured >professors who water their plants on top of their piano let me know that >too. I don't think the students can learn what their professors don't teach. > >Dave Porritt >SMU Dave, I like your aligator poster idea and would very much like to get a copy if you have one. Humor used like this makes more of a point than the preachy 'thou shalt nots'. Here's my address: Joel A. Jones, 1501 Humanities, 455 North Park Street, Madison, WI 53706. For a fact, I know that students emulate what their professors do - more so than tell. I see alot of instructors with their coffee mugs on top of the piano. A no win sitation if I ever saw one. But, I keep on trying. J^2 Keep In Tune !
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