Piano Usage

[Newton Hunt]

I have accomplished this by suggesting to the chair that this is the policy.
He agreed, being a pianist.  I then told everyone that that is the policy.  If
I found a student practicing on a performance piano I told them the policy and
asked them to use a practice room.  I asked them if they liked the piano that
way it is and said that if everyone used it for practice then it could not be
used for performance.  If you can use it so can they all.  I have intrupted
lessons given on performance pianos with the same spiel.

Some of our performance pianos are locked with combination locks which I change
every semester.

I had admin support originally (new chair) but the policy remains.  If you say
something long and often enough it becomes law.
      Newton
      nhunt@rci.rutgers.edu