---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Wim: We just had our main "D" refinished over semester break. It has a fully padded cover and I've had the backs of the doors going into the piano garage carpeted. The back of the garage is also carpeted. Still it has several dings, and one nice scrape already. It bugs me, but I'm not willing to stay there and guard the pianos 24/7. They're going to be used and moved by students. I need to get a burn-in knife and learn how to use it I guess. I've avoided doing any of the "pretty" work since I have zero skills in that area. I hate to start using a Magic Marker at this stage. I had done a lot of that before we got it refinished. We did put locks on our recital pianos at one time, but that was a hassle and it didn't seem to help. In fact we had one visiting "artist" come in and break the lock off. He hasn't been back! dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 3/6/02 at 6:01 PM Wimblees@aol.com wrote: The university got a new B 2 weeks ago, (a gift from an Alumni), for the recital hall, and in just a couple of days, someone has put some major scratches on the top. Although I was expecting the piano to take some abuse, I was disappointed in how soon it got damaged. The recital hall gets used about 4 periods a day for classes, and 4 hours a day for rehearsals, recitals, lessons, etc. We are going to try to keep the room locked, but most of the time it is open. The chair doesn't want to restrict the use of the piano. Although there is a light weight cover on it, and I have ordered a heavy duty cover, some of the piano faculty want to keep the piano under lock and key. What are some of you doing to keep new or newer pianos in good condition, not so much action wise, but appearance wise? Wim Univ. of Alabama _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/78/e0/a1/b8/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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