Clavier magazine, September 2000 issue, page 55: "The piano industry suggests a ratio of one technician to every 40 pianos in a music school." Someone has been promoting the Guidelines! The article by Robert Weirich called "Out of the Woods", talks about the poor condition of pianos in many music schools. Other quotes: "...behind every great piano stands a great piano technician...and an owner willing to pay for the best." "...back in the professor's studio, the lesson focuses on fine points of touch, sound, and pedaling, none of which can be practiced on the instruments" in the practice rooms. "School administrators reading this will probably have an elevated heart rate by now, but this problem has reached a crisis level in many schools." "If the highest-quality performances are the goal, then the finest instruments, superbly maintained, are necessary. There is no other choice, short of admitting that the school accepts a lower standard." John Baird Millikin University Decatur, Illinois
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