[CAUT] Prepared pianos

[Fred Sturm]

On Jan 31, 2011, at 3:45 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote:

> Seems to me the message ought to be "This is not your piano to  
> deface or damage on your whim", however obtusely and inoffensively  
> worded. People may indeed be unaware of the potential for damage  
> (however uncommon sense may be), but they all should have at least  
> been taught some respect for the considerably expensive property of  
> others.


No disagreement there. What Jim said, though, is "Don't touch." That  
doesn't work with 5 year olds, nor with college students. For that  
matter, it doesn't work with me.
Regards,
Fred Sturm
fssturm at unm.edu
“Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to  
shape it.” Brecht