Alan, Thanks very much for providing your policies document. This is very helpful. We do have a piano usage guidelines document, but not nearly so well-defined and not a part of the faculty handbook (as it should be!). Incidentally, I have used your analogy of "practice room vs. performance piano" until I'm left breathless. Some people just don't care about anything but their own needs and that of their students. Well, I guess that we wouldn't have jobs without them. Sigh... I do appreciate your input. Thanks again, Craig On 2/10/06 1:00 PM, "Alan McCoy" <amccoy@mail.ewu.edu> wrote: > Craig, > > When you are trying to convince the powers that be that it might be a good > idea to limit the use of your performance pianos, you might say something > like, "a performance piano that is used as a practice piano soon begins to > feel and sound like a practice piano." > > Attached is a policy document we use here that speaks to this issue. I have > used this doc as a template and edited it correspondingly for insertion into > the student handbook and the faculty handbook. > > FWIW. > > Alan > > > -- Alan McCoy, RPT > Eastern Washington University > amccoy@mail.ewu.edu > 509-359-4627 > > >> From: Craig_Waldrop <Craig_Waldrop@baylor.edu> >> Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>" <caut@ptg.org> >> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 13:09:26 -0600 >> To: CAUT List <caut@ptg.org> >> Conversation: [CAUT] Performance piano usage >> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Performance piano usage >> >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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