[CAUT] University piano replacement program

[Paul T Williams]

Hi Tony,

Realistic plan replacement at UNL is a hard one to "sell".  We have many 
Steinway and Mason &  Hamilin grands in our practice rooms.  Most of them 
are 40-80 years old, but with new actions, key bushings, etc.  Replacing 
them vs. fixing them is the reality of the university setting. We have to 
actually see reality in that we can not just replace them with new pianos 
even though we would love to do so. Performance pianos, of course, get the 
most attention.  I am currently replacing an entire action on a 1956 
Baldwin D which, still, will need a new soundboard, pinblock, and whole 
nine yards, but we have to spread out the budget the best we can and this 
piano is one of our 'concert' instruments.  We also have three Steinway 
D's much newer and in excellent condition.  Every school has it's own 
budget and by what Ive seen, we have a pretty good one, but still not what 
would be considered "great".  The really great schools like Oberlin, 
Julliard, etc probably have a great replacement program as they are 
recognized as world famous.  For the main-stream university programs, I 
would say that they only replace pianos when they just can't be worth the 
investment.  I  regularly tune repair etc these instruments as they are 
played 12-14 hours a day.  Now with summer here, I have a chance to get in 
an try to fix the ongoing problems with certain pianos, but still have no 
time to rebuild them.

Does this help??

Paul





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I have a question........
 
In creating a "realistic" Piano replacement plan for approval by an 
university administration, 
 
What would you recommend the basic specifications of the practice room 
pianos be? 
 
How would you compare their importance to the school verses the studio and 
performance instruments.
 
If you would need to "cut" would this be the natural place?
 
And how many times a year do you get to these pianos for tuning?
 
 
 

   Tony Mastadonna 
Institutional Sales Consultant
 

    Cell-330-603-8843
 





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