Prepared piano

[Jim Coleman, Sr.]

Hi Eric:

When I was at ASU, we had established a policy of not using our best piano
for and inside preparations or strumming or hitting the strings. Another
piano was reserved for this kind of usage. We had an unfortunate experience
where a students recital/audition tape was ruined when her piece ended on
a loud staccato note, but the damper had been messed up on a previous 
recital so that the particular note kept ringing on after it was supposed to
have a dramatic stop.

Jim Coleman, Sr.

On Thu, 28 May 1998, Eric Wolfley wrote:

> Hi list,
> 
> We are in the (belated) process of establishing guidelines for prepared
> piano use as well as constructing a form for people to fill out if they plan
> on doing anything wicked to one of our performance pianos. I know there are
> guidelines out there somewhere that I could consult to help me form our
> policies, so I would appreciate it if someone could steer me in the right
> direction for this info.
> 
> Thanks, Y'all  
> 
> Eric
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> Cincinnati
> College Conservatory of Music
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