Piano Usage

[Joseph Vitti]

               State University of New York at Stony Brook
                       Stony Brook, NY

                                            Joseph Vitti
                                            Piano Technician
                                            Music
                                            516 632-7330
                                            07-Dec-1995 12:58pm EST
FROM:  JVITTI
TO:    Remote Addressee                     ( _pianotech@byu.edu )

Subject: Piano Usage


To all University Techs:

The pianos in our Recital Hall (two very fine Steinway Ds ) are being played to
death. The pianos are only 2 years old. I have never been able to get the
piano faculty to agree to a usage control plan. The students here are mostly
grad MM and DMA. All very fine players, they tend to play the numbers game.
Piano usage tends to favor one piano exclusively until it sounds beat and then
go to the other instrument.

I would appreciate any information on plans other techs have in place for
controling concert grand usage. Our students get 4 hrs rehearsal time and 2hrs
during the busy season. I'm the only tech for 142 pianos and I am responsible
for about 250 concerts a year.