Vending machines in music buildings?

[John Ross]

Hi David,
I think this would be a bad idea. It would encourage them to be less
careful than they are.
All we can do is put up the signs, and warn them if we catch them.
We have been lucky here, no spills on a piano, in the 13 years I have
been doing the pianos here. It is just good luck though, rather than
anything else.
They appear for the most part to use the student lounge, which is
near the practise rooms, and where the vending machine is, for the
consumption of the beverages.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey@jps.net>
To: <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: Vending machines in music buildings?


> Wouldn't it be possible to cut a piece of masonite to fit the area
directly
> over the tuning pins/hammers/dampers and cover this with an absorbant
> material.  This along with the no drinks in the practice rooms rules
should
> eliminate most of the problems?
>
> David I
>
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> On 8/20/01 at 10:46 AM Ron Torrella wrote:
>
> >John Minor wrote:
> >
> >> We have students petitioning to have VENDING machines installed in our
> >> music building! It sounds insane to me, but I thought I'd check with
> >other
> >> techs to see if this is "usual".
> >>
> >> John Minor
> >> University of Illinois
> >
> >We have them, here. I'm constantly reminding instrumentalists (pianist
and
> >others) that that can of pop will be very expensive if it spills. Lots of
> >times, the student picks up the can and says, "It's empty!" I'm working
on
> >a
> >panicked facial expression (color-drained) as a response.....
> >
> >It turns out that international sign language (you know, the soda pop cup
> >with
> >a straw stuck in it and bubbles rising from the cup -- all with a slashed
> >circle super-imposed) is totally ineffective. Visual desensitization
> occurs
> >after they've stared at the sign for more than three days, I think.
> Doesn't
> >even occur to them that the sign days "no food or drink"!
> >
> >So far, <knock on wood> there have been no spill incidents.
> >
> >Ron Torrella
> >University of Michigan
> >
> >
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