Hi, I think it is a shame that teachers don't purchase grand pianos and let their students use them. They get to write off the instrument so it costs them...nothing! If they buy a quality instrument and maintain it properly it will be worth more after 10 to 20 years than they originally paid for it. At 07:20 PM 5/5/99 PDT, you wrote: >Clyde and list, > >Clyde wrote: >Unfortunately, for every teacher I serve who has a decent grand >>piano, there is one (or more) who has a spinet, console, or old >>upright. Sorta sad, in my mind. > >Why is it sad? I am also a piano teacher with 41 students. I teach >beginning through advanced on the 4 periods plus jazz piano. What do I use? > A Baldwin Hamilton console. Do you think I would ever let 41 students >play (or pound in some cases) on a weekly basis on a grand piano if I >actually could afford one? If I ever save up for one, it certainly goes in >my living room and not in the studio. I have to regulate and replace minor >parts every summer. Most piano teachers cannot afford to do the same. > >Jay Mercier >Piano Technician / Teacher >Glenwood, MN Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts drose@dlcwest.com http://www.dlcwest.com/~drose/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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