Piano Usage

[Horace Greeley]

Dear Joe,

At the risk of starting a flame - I recommend prayer.  You have an
impossible situation.

On the bright side, they cannot force you to do bad work.  Document
everything, keeps copies of all notes, memos.  Also, maintain a running log
of conversations, comments, et cet.  This takes much less time than you may
think, and provides you with support when needed.

You might also contact Ken Sloane, at Oberlin, (he reads this list all the
time so you may hear from him).

Good luck.

Horace

At 11:14 AM 12/7/95 -0700, you wrote:
>
>               State University of New York at Stony Brook
>                       Stony Brook, NY
>
>                                            Joseph Vitti
>                                            Piano Technician
>                                            Music
>                                            516 632-7330
>                                            07-Dec-1995 12:58pm EST
>FROM:  JVITTI
>TO:    Remote Addressee                     ( _pianotech@byu.edu )
>
>Subject: Piano Usage
>
>
>To all University Techs:
>
>The pianos in our Recital Hall (two very fine Steinway Ds ) are being
played to
>death. The pianos are only 2 years old. I have never been able to get the
>piano faculty to agree to a usage control plan. The students here are mostly
>grad MM and DMA. All very fine players, they tend to play the numbers game.
>Piano usage tends to favor one piano exclusively until it sounds beat and then
>go to the other instrument.
>
>I would appreciate any information on plans other techs have in place for
>controling concert grand usage. Our students get 4 hrs rehearsal time and 2hrs
>during the busy season. I'm the only tech for 142 pianos and I am responsible
>for about 250 concerts a year.
>
>

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