Yamaha loan program...

[Avery Todd]

Hi Alan,

   Well, after reading all the responses, I'll just chime in with my
"the dealer keeps the benches". Most of our 'loaner' pianos are in
practice rooms, so there would be the damage stuff to consider as well
as the 'wandering bench phenomenon'. :-)
   The dealer also covers the larger flat type surfaces of the pianos
with a stick-on type covering of some kind to try and protect the
finish. He also removes it and cleans it up for the sale.

Avery (who DID have 39 loaners and has now been cut to 19 for the coming
       year.)

>The WSU School of Music is currently entering the first year of a "loan
>program" with the local Yamaha dealership.
>
>The ten pianos for this year were delivered three weeks ago.
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>The dealer called yesterday asking that all the benches for those pianos be
>returned to the dealership as they had been sent out with the pianos by
>mistake.
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>I don't know about other institutions but, here at WSU, we have a definite
>bench shortage (!) and I'm wondering whether benches are normally excluded
>from these loan programs.
>
>If your institution is involved in such a loan program,
>do you get the use of the benches as well, or does the dealer retain them??
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>Regards,
>
>Alan Crane, RPT
>School of Music
>Wichita State University
>crane@twsuvm.uc.twsu.edu