<div>I guess I was fairly lucky when I still worked at the University of Houston. NO one removed the lids except for the Hall staff! It really pays to have a good relationship with them if you're lucky enough to have that in your main concert hall! I loved it. I NEVER had to do it! <grin>
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<div>Avery Todd<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 19, 2008 1:41 PM, <<a href="mailto:A440A@aol.com">A440A@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> Kent asks:<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><< >I have a couple questions about maintaining concert pianos on stages at<br><br>>universities.<br><br>><br><br></div>> 1) Do you have a policy about the touch-up of finish damage? Does anyone
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<div class="Ih2E3d">touch-up as needed? Or<br><br>> perhaps annually? Never?<<br><br></div> At Vanderbilt, the 5 year old piano is still nice,the 28 year old<br>D is beat up fairly severely. We have touch up done about 10-15 years into
<br>the use, and a refinish about every three decades. I think I lightly oiled<br>the case of the new one when it was delivered, and it hasn't shown the<br>fingerprints as badly as one of those dry matte finishes do.
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<div class="Ih2E3d"><br><br>> 2) Do you have a policy on removing lids?<<br><br></div> Oh yes, I do. However, the students and faculty don't, so our pianos<br>are sometimes sitting there topless without me having a clue. I am not being
<br>paid to enforce rules, just to repair the damage.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br> >There is also a history of damage being<br><br>> done while removing and replacing grand piano lids. >><br><br></div> The greatest harm I ever saw was done when only the middle hinge pin
<br>was in. The first time the lid was opened and put on the long stick, it<br>pivoted on the pin, breaking the prop stick, smashing the music desk and scratching<br>everything in the path as it twisted and ripped the pin and screws out of the
<br>rim. Great fun, lots of shouting etc.<br><br>Ed Foote RPT<br><a href="http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html</a><br><a href="http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html" target="_blank">
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