<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2737.800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We have a bunch of Kawais in our = lab.  Had them about 2 years now & they seem to be doing okay, other than the = usual headset trashing & disapperance, general student stupidity issues, = etc. that you get with any piano lab.  I try to stay away as much as possible = -- wooden stuff gives me enough headaches, so I plead ignorance with a = clear conscience & empty mind.  :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Otto</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=gjg2@humboldt.edu href="mailto:gjg2@humboldt.edu">Greg = Granoff</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">CAUT</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 21, = 2005 10:44 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] keyboard = lab</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello CAUTs,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyone out there have any observations/experiences with keyboard teaching labs by any other = maker than Yamaha?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some of you techs at larger schools = may not deal with it at all, but here at HSU it has gradually become my = responsibility to keep basic functions of our 26 station Yamaha keyboard teaching lab alive.  Our lab is 15 years old and its age is showing; replacing = broken headphones, removing erasure debris, and cleaning off note names = written on keys by dimbulb students is no longer adequate to meet the = need.  We'd consider another Yamaha lab, but I would love to have some input regarding other makers setups from a reliability/usefulness = standpoint.  Many aspects of this Yamaha lab seem to me unnecessarily proprietary = and not really designed to stand up under daily abuse.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Again, I realize many of you may not = deal with this sort of thing at all, but I thought I'd try.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greg Granoff</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Humboldt State University</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>