Institutional Piano Cleaning

[Eric Wolfley]

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>NAME: Eric Wolfley	
>INSTITUTION: Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music	
>STAFF POSITION / CONTRACT: Head Technician / full time
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>1 -	Is piano tech staff responsible for the actual cleaning of the pianos?
  yes
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>2 -	Does facilities (maintenance) do any piano cleaning?    absolutely not
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>3 -	If so, to what extent?    na
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>4 -	Do you use students to clean pianos?   when we have them
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>5 -	If so, how much do you pay?     $5.75 (I don't know if that is still
minimum)
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>6 -	How often do the pianos in various venue types get  a)dusted?
>b)washed?  c)polished?
>			A)	Performance   a) weekly  b) whenever they get too gross from
nervous, sweaty palms 
                                                                   c) for
important concerts
>			B)	Teaching Studios  a,b,c) yearly
>			C)	Classrooms  a,b,c) yearly
>			D)	Practice Rooms  a) probably avg. 2x a year b) as needed c)  usually
never
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>7 -	Essay  (You can elaborate on any of the above responses or expound
>freely):  

 We  have no set policy on any of this cleaning and the cleaning that is
done is pretty much on an "as needed" basis. I clean and sterilize
keyboards quite often because I hate getting germs and sticky fingers. I
wash my hands after tuning every piano to avoid sickness.
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>I anticipate that your responses will be of significant assistance to me.
>Thanks much.
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>David Skolnik
>Manhattan School of Music
>212 -749-2802  ext 455 / 355
>dskolnik@msmnyc.edu

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Eric Wolfley, RPT
Head Piano Technician
College Conservatory of Music
University of Cincinnati
http://ucccm56.ccm.uc.edu/pianowolf/index.html
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