Our performance pianos are reserved for dress rehearsals, master classes and performances only and access to them is regulated as strictly as is possible. We have six performance venues which helps keep the pressure off of any one instrument though some do manage to get played 8 hours a day. Each recitalist is allowed two 1.5 hour dress rehearsals before their recital. We used to try to keep some pianos locked but have been having better success (and far fewer hassles) monitoring the halls. Its hard to tell if people have been sneaking in there after hours but there haven't been any major problems with this in quite a while. Our two main stages have close circuit video monitors which help ensure cooperation from the students. Be sure to lobby hard for tuning or maintenance time daily. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eric Wolfley Head Piano Technician Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music University of Cincinnati ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: Alan McCoy [mailto:amccoy@mail.ewu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 4:05 PM To: CAUTlist Subject: performance piano policies Hi, We are revisiting our policy regarding use of our performance pianos. I am curious as to what other schools policies are in this regard. That is, do you keep your pianos under tight lock and key available to only piano majors, rehearsal only, open to all, etc? This will be the first time for me to engage in specific conversation with our faculty about this, but I am sure my predecessor did work out some kind of policy. Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks. Alan ____________________________________________ Alan McCoy, RPT Eastern Washington University 509-359-4627 amccoy@mail.ewu.edu _______________________________________________ caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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