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<DIV>Wim:</DIV>
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<DIV>I suppose this would be a good idea to get students prepared to enter an
All Steinway World. However, we aren't preparing them for that.
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<DIV>Marketing, Wim, Marketing!</DIV>
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<DIV>dave<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR
***********<BR><BR>On 12/13/2001 at 11:10 AM Wimblees@aol.com
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face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>To my esteemed colleagues <BR><BR>Yesterday,
at our faculty meeting/luncheon, our chair informed the faculty we are in the
process of looking into becoming an all Steinway School. One of the faculty
members asked if spending all this money will be worth it. He wondered if we
should be spending all this money when there is a big need to buy some other
instruments, like timpani, bassoons, contra bassoons, Celeste, etc. Although
the money will come from private donations, the question is, is it really
worth close to a million dollars to become an all Steinway School? <BR><BR>I
would like to ask some questions for any of you are an all Steinway school, or
if any of you have considered becoming an all Steinway school. <BR><BR>Those
who are all Steinway schools, <BR><BR>1. Have you found there to be a
significant increase in the quality of students attracted to your school since
you became an all Steinway School? <BR><BR>2. Has it made a difference in the
quality of faculty the school has recruited since you became an all Steinway
school? <BR><BR>3. Are faculty other than those who are directly related to
pianos, (history, applied instruments, etc.) satisfied that the school spent
all that money on pianos? Or was money spent also on other instruments?
<BR><BR>For those of you who are in schools where you thought of becoming an
all Steinway school, but decided against it, what were some of your reasons
for deciding not to become an all Steinway school? <BR><BR>Is there anything
else any one can add, both positive and negative, to this thought.
<BR><BR>Thanks <BR><BR>Wim <BR>Willem Blees <BR>University of Alabama
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David M. Porritt
dporritt@mail.smu.edu
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275
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