<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY> Wow!  Since Kawai's are pretty= high tension scales, I can't imagine how many strings get broken= with that kind of use!  Mind you, I like Kawais, but that= combination of piano and use!  9 of our 10 piano major practice rooms have= Steinway "L"s or "M"s.  The other one is an older= Baldwin.  All of them get frequent broken strings.  I= probably replace 5 to 8 a week. I'd like to tune them at least once a month too,= but I wonder what I'd have to neglect to do it. dave __________________________________________ David M. Porritt, RPT Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275   ----- Original message= ----------------------------------------> From: Avery Todd= <<A href="mailto:atodd@UH.EDU">atodd@UH.EDU</A>> To:= <<A= href="mailto:dm.porritt@verizon.net">dm.porritt@verizon.net</A>&= gt;, College and University Technicians <<A= href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A>> Received:= Wed, 17 Sep 2003 09:39:52 -0500 Subject: Re: Practice room= grands Dave, If I had my= "druthers", I'd like to tune them at least once a month! With= the kind of music so many of the kids play (Prokofiev, etc.)= and the numbers of hours they're in heavy use, ours need= that. Probably more. The problem we have here is that= those piano major rooms (9 of the 10) have 'lease' Kawais= and are changed out every year, so it takes a bit to start= getting even a little stability. Avery At= 09:28 AM 9/17/2003 -0500, you wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">The grand pianos in= practice rooms, the ones reserved for the piano performance= majors, how often do you tune these?  Do you have a= schedule?  How do you determine= that?   I have these pianos listed in my= inventory as 6x per year and I don't feel that this is= enough.   Comments?   dave= __________________________________________ Dav= id M. Porritt, RPT Meadows School of the= Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX= 75275    </BLOCKQUOTE><X-SIGSEP> </X-SIGSEP>______________________ Avery Todd, RPT Moores= School of Music University of Houston Houston, TX= </BODY></HTML>