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<DIV>Hey Wim, sometimes it just takes educating folks. </DIV>
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<DIV>At the start of every school year when I was on staff at a =
university, I
would send out a very welcoming, upbeat memo to the staff and
faculty. It contained information on care of the pianos and what
information I needed from them to schedule service for studios, =
classrooms and
concerts. I also asked the director of the school of music to put =
the
subject on the faculty meeting agenda (just in case they didn't read my
memo). To reach the students with whatever information I wanted =
them to
have, I made various posters and placed them in practice =
rooms, back
stage and in the student lounge area. Every once in a while =
I would
need to squeak, but tried to be nice about it. :-)</DIV>
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<DIV>Barbara Richmond </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Wimblees@aol.com =
href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 01, 2004 =
10:59
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Piano Tech Aide
Checklist.doc</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 4/1/2004 9:13:00 PM Central Standard Time, <A
href="mailto:Rick.Florence@asu.edu">Rick.Florence@asu.edu</A> =
writes:</DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px =
solid"><FONT
face=Arial>It has been our experience at ASU that students treat =
the pianos
better when <BR>we keep up the finish as well as the inside. =
Besides,
we like our pianos <BR>looking =
good.<BR><BR>Rick</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV>Thanks for the answer Rick. I don't know if that will work here =
at UA.
Hell, even our brand new B and D on the stage get treated like they =
are desks.
Within a week after we received our new B two years ago, which is in =
the
recital hall, also used by the music appreciation classes, one of our =
TA's
scratched up the top when he put his briefcase on it, and slid it off =
at the
end of the session. </DIV>
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<DIV>Wim </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>