[CAUT] a prepared rant

[Paul T Williams]

Conrad, 

I'd sure put a lock on it and when they come crying to you have a good 
teaching session with them.  Does the faculty member in charge of these 
people know about this?  Keep us up to date on this one.  Last year we had 
some problems with students damaging dampers and rapping the plate with a 
mallet.

Paul




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Leslie Bartlett wrote:
> 
> Just to be devil's adequate (some might wonder which of the words to 
> accent), the organist at the church where I serve grew up playing a 
> Lester Spinet.  She went on to do graduate work at Eastman.  A former 
> organist grew up something worst than a Lester and also did fabulous 
> work.  If a person wants music badly enough, they'll create it in their 
> heads while making horrible sounds on totally inadequate POS's.


At college, the little darlin's get the opportunity to make horrible 
sounds on perfectly GOOD instruments. I'm currently working on 
decomposing a "composition" major's "work"".  I went in to tune a 
Baldwin SF10 in a large rehearsal space and found that it had been 
turned into $xx,xxx percussion accessory.

A few days ago, I'd swung through there and seen the music rack on the 
floor. I put it back in the piano with a note to please keep it in the 
piano when not practicing with it out.  Today, the rack was back on the 
floor, the note was gone, a trap set, cowbells and brake drum were in 
front of keyboard, and IN the piano sitting on bass dampers and strings 
was a 4 qt stainless steel mixing bowl. In addition, lying across the 
tenor section was a set of orchestral wind chimes.

Piano is now tuned, closed and covered, bowl and chimes are on the floor 
and I was thaaaat close to slapping on a locking clamp with a padlock 
for which only I have the key...

After working for a long time on bass dampers in an SD6 in the next room 
just yesterday, I am officially PO'd and on warpath... a

time to break out my meds. (a.k.a.Jelly Bellies)

-- 
Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT - Keyboard Technician
Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076


Remember that, while money talks,  CHOCOLATE SINGS!

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