Hello Kuang, This is the one downside of being a pianist -- you are at the mercy of your instrument. It's one reason I became a technician -- seriously. I remember Anton Kuerti getting down under a Baldwin piano during an orchestra section of a Mozart concerto and adjusting the pedals, and realized everybody has that problem! But yours is major. If you can't raise a ruckus -- through a student council, or personal campaigning, or organizing students through a petition, or something -- you might consider getting permission to bring your own technician in for special events, if you can afford it. Even at institutions with good technicians, sometimes a performer will simply prefer the work of a specific tech. If you pay for it, I can't see the administration objecting. Buffalo has good people, if indeed that's where you are. You're going to experience this kind of thing throughout your performing life. It's just too bad it's happening at a place where you're stuck for a few years, and where you need pianos to cooperate. Good luck Mark Graham Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music
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