[CAUT] practicing on concert instruments

[Martin Snow]

 The ''ante room'' is large  enough to accommodate the 4 Concert grands two h'schords  the ''prepared piano'' and begrudgingly ,occasionally   a marimba or  the portatif organ, depending on what the rehearsal schedule is like in the Concert Hall for the various ensembles. The downside to the room is that it is not soundproofed, hence the early morning reserved tuning schedule . As soon as the CH  is scheduled for the day, we have to stop tuning. Nobody  else in the University has  snagged this ante room over the years, there is  some sound leakage from the  Green Line 'B' train on its way out to Boston College on one side and the Amtrak line close by, for those familiar with our fair city. Apart from that it's ideal!




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From: David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>
To: caut at ptg.org
Sent: Thu, December 3, 2009 10:40:05 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] practicing on concert instruments

How big is the ante room?  

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

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From: "Martin Snow" <martinsnowpianos at yahoo.com>
To: caut at ptg.org
Received: 12/3/2009 4:38:50 PM
Subject: [CAUT] practicing on concert instruments


>What I initiated 24 years ago when I started as head tech. at Boston University, 
>was to block out in the Master Schedule for the Concert Hall [our main student recital 
>performance venue]  from 7.30-9.30 am Monday through Friday for ''pianoshop''. 
>This is our time, no dress rehearsals, no nothing. We actually share this  time  block 
>with stage crew, in case they need to  fix risers, change bulbs , get set ups 
>organized for the day. Our ''fleet'' of concert grands which are housed in an ante 
>room with double wide door entry to the stage consists of an American  'D' from the 
>late 1970's,  a Hamburg 'D' same vintage, another Hamburg 'D' from 1987 and a 
>Baldwin SD10 from 1984, AND a Kawai KG2 that is the only permitted instrument for 
>non-traditional piano usage ie. prepared piano. Also in this room are 2 of the 
>harpsichords.  Occasionally we do give up this reserved time for special occasions, or 
>when there is absolutely no time left for dr. reh's. It has
> helped enormously in setting these guidelines to more effectively maintain the 
>concert pianos. The students can schedule a two hour dr. reh. in the Concert Hall 
>prior to their recital.
>Another smaller recital room we  have reserved for one two hour block at the same 
>time every week. The  8 classrooms around the building,  that are used for ear 
>training, ensembles, and  general usage we have reserved  also on a weekly basis. I 
>generally do this right at the very start of the semester,  actually over the summer 
>before anything is booked. Again we don't always need all this time every week, but 
>it's there.


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