RE>Piano Use Policies - Institutional

[Danny Boone]

Alan:

The School of Music at Baylor University has the following halls:
     Roxy Grove Hall (250): NY Steinway (9'), Hamburg Steinway (9'),
          Dowd harpsichord, Fortepiano.
     Meadows Recital Hall (200): Kawai (7'5"), Collegium harpsichord
     Jones Concert Hall (1000): NY Steinway (9'), (Kawai (6')
     Recital Hall (200): Kawai (7')

The University has the following:
     Waco Hall (2500): NY Steinway (9'), Yamaha (6')
     Ferrell Center (50,000): NY Steinway, 1902 (9')
     Armstrong/Browning Library:  Mason & Hamlin (7')

I am responsible for all tuning and technical work done on all pianos.

The Dowd harpsichord and Fortepiano should be used in Roxy Grove Hall.
Unusual circumstances which require moving either instrument must be cleared
in advance with the Director of Keyboard Studies and the Piano Technician.

Both concert Steinways in Roxy Grove may be used for faculty ensembles,
faculty and guest recitals.  The NY Steinway may be used for all student
recitals.  The Hamburg Steinway may be used for piano degree recitals.

The Steinways in Jones Hall and Ferrell Center, and the Kawai pianos in
Meadows and the small recital hall may be used by anyone.

Arrangements for use of the Collegium harpsichord must be approved by the
director of the Collegium Musicum.

Tuning requests for the early keyboard instruments should be submitted to the
piano technician two weeks prior to the performance.

All performance pianos are tuned on a regular weekly or bi-weekly basis, and
prior to performances as needed.

We do not rent out any pianos to anyone for any reason.  However, we furnish
pianos for events sponsored by the university.  While we may move a small
grand across campus for some event, we rarely move one of our concert grands
for campus use.  We have moved concert grands for university use only once in
my 20 years.  If some other school or department wishes to use a piano, they
must pay for the moving.

The piano technician must supervise all piano moves.

I think this just about covers our piano policy.

Danny L. Boone, RPT
Baylor University
Waco, Texas

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Date: 9/8/94 4:25 PM
From: CRANE@TWSUVM.UC.TWSU.EDU
Subject: Piano Use Policies - Institutional

I have been directed by my dept. chair to put together a "piano policy"
for the music dept. and the college of fine arts here at Wichita State
University.

What we have in place currently is rather disjointed and does not work well.
We have a department of Performance Facilities which "administrates" the
use of our performance venues within the college (music, theatre,
and dance) including renting the facilities to university groups outside
the college and other groups outside the university.  At present our concert
grands are rented to such groups for a fee of $50 exclusive of tuning,
etc. and revenues collected do not flow into the maintenance budget!
I am in the process of changing this and would welcome any words of advice!!

What are your rental fees & criteria?
Do you have discounted rates for university groups?
Do you have specific policy consideration for pianos used in events
which are televised either live or taped for rebroadcast?
Are there other questions such a policy ought to address?

If you have a policy in place that works well for the various "factions"
at your institution, I would really appreciate a copy!

My "snail mail" and FAX are:

Alan Crane, RPT
Coordinator of Piano Technology
School of Music/College of Fine Arts
Wichita State University
1845 Fairmount
Wichita, KS  67208-1595

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