<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>This is a little off topic. It has to do with music stands. It seems mu= sic stands are disappearing from the school. We are buying new ones constantly t= o keep up. So our chair wants to ear mark stands for use only in the band= room, the concert hall and the choral room. He doesn't want stands to be tak= en out of these places. He wants to make students buy stands at the bookstore t= o be used in practice rooms and in other class rooms when they practice in there = with small ensembles. Some of the teachers are saying this will not work. My complaint was that who is going to be in charge of putting stands back when = they are taken out of the band room, etc. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am sure other schools have problems similar to this. Any suggestions?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>School of Music<BR>University of Alabama<BR>Tuscaloosa, AL USA</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>