Milwaukee Public Schools

[RicB]

    Speaking of Wurlitzer's,  last week I was given a contract to tune
    26 pianos
    for one of the local Milwaukee high schools that will be hosting a music
    fest for all of the South Eastern Wisconsin schools. Most of the
    pianos were

Hi Ron

Joda... see this from time to time. Always in childrens schools or 
junior highs.  Never come across it in a highschool yet. Screws through 
the side of the case into the lid are something you'll find on about 
half the school pianos around here. 

I suppose the half conscious vandalism is bad enough, but the fact that 
instruments in public schools are so nearly always of the cheapest sort 
and beat to crud in most every regard is what always bothered me most. 
Even in higher educational institutions you see this tendency.  Buy the 
least expensive, treat them poorly with minimal or no service, and 
wonder why the staff  and students complain all the time.

Cheers
RicB


    Wurlitzer and Everett Studio pianos that were delivered over a
    period of 4
    days. The music director approached me Friday and asked if I would
    look at a
    couple of their own pianos that needed some work as it seemed that
    none of
    the keys worked on one of them and other problems with a couple of other
    pianos. Upon opening the top lid on the first piano and looking in I was
    horrified to see that someone had started on the bass end and worked
    all the
    way to the high treble end breaking every one of the hammers off!! As if
    that wasn't good enough they smashed down all of the back checks
    breaking
    most of the wippens! She asked if it was repairable and I told her
    that it
    would cost more to repair it than it was worth. That's not all!! I found
    several more pianos that had all of the sharp key tops broken off
    and more
    broken hammers! I just can't understand why someone would destroy pianos
    like that! These are high school kids that should know better!! The
    janitors
    wound up screwing down all of the lids on their school pianos along with
    installing ugly hasps with padlocks on the fallboards.
     
    Does anyone on this list have a horror story to share like this one??
     
    Ron Boyd Wisconsin Chapter #532


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