Don, Thanks very much for your clear and concise answers to my query. I realize that a lot of this just comes with the territory at a college. I just have some real struggles because some bad habits have been formed and we have two buildings. Neither of these is monitored or locked up. "We never close!" As a consequence of this, many of our instruments really take a beating. It sounds like heaven having someone "run a tight ship" on the scheduling. Here at Baylor, booking is done on-line by a lady who is never actually in the halls and has no idea what the usage entails. Thanks again, Craig On 2/1/06 9:45 AM, "Don McKechnie" <dmckech@ithaca.edu> wrote: > Craig, > >> 1. Does your institution have guidelines for usage of performance pianos and >> if so, how are they implemented or enforced? (If a document exists which >> you could share, please feel free to email it to me privately). >> >> > > We do not have any formal guidelines I'm aware of, just a long > entrenched system. The concert/recital halls are controlled by our > concert manager. She has been here a long time and runs a fairly tight > ship. The faculty and students may try to pull a fast one on her but > they rarely get away with it. > >> >> 1. Who has keys to your best concert pianos (assuming they are locked or >> access to the room is restricted)? >> >> > > The concert manager and performance faculty have keys. The concert > manager signs out keys to students for recital rehearsals. Some times it > is hard to get the keys back from the students. > > After several years of having keys go on a permanent walkabout I change > the locks. This helps keep down the amount of unofficial piano use. Last > year I changed to the "Hands Off" fallboard clamp. Too many of the old > padlock and fallboard clamps took a walk. I attached 3/16" braided > steel cable to the Hands Off lock and padlocked that to the old clamp > ring underneath the keybed on the bass side. The keys to the padlock are > limited to myself, the concert manager and the stage crew key ring. The > new lock dangles underneath the keybed but is not in the way for > rehearsals. Easily removed for concerts. > >> >> 1. How much rehearsal time is allowed for performance majors giving a >> recital? >> >> > About 4 hours I believe. Two rehearsals. > >> >> 1. How do you control or limit time of piano use for evening and late-night >> rehearsals? >> >> > Due to the amount of classes, rehearsals, performances, etc. everyone is > limited to some degree by the next person/group coming in. Of course > there will be some who take advantage of extra time if no one comes in > after time is up. Not much that can be done about that. At some point, > the custodians kick out students when the building is closed. > >> >> 1. Approximately how many hours a week is your best piano played? >> >> > Varies a lot. Rough guess is anywhere from 10 to 40 hours per week. > >> >> 1. In your opinion, what is the distinction between ³rehearsal² and >> ³practice²? >> > > We make the distinction that there will be no practicing on the concert > instruments. They are for rehearsal and performance only. > > IC does not have a perfect system but it works for the most part. I have > to constantly remind the faculty of the need to take care of the > instruments and TEACH their students to do the same. It is a constant > struggle to get people to lock and cover the pianos when they are > finished. We just got a new D last month and it already has battle > scars. What are you gonna do! > > Don McKechine > Ithaca College > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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