performance piano policies

[Jeff Tanner]

Hi Alan,
There was an extensive thread on this a couple years ago or so.  So, 
you can find more discussion in the archives.

Here, the performance pianos are not individually locked.  We don't 
have a problem.  Well, sometimes non-piano faculty will leave the piano 
uncovered and open after they use it, or next to the big return vent 
onstage which has a sign which reads in very large bold letters, "DO 
NOT STORE A PIANO IN THIS AREA".

But students don't pose a problem and seem to respect the rules.  Part 
of that may be due to the fact that the hall is booked solid from 8 am 
to around 10 pm almost daily with classes, rehearsals, seminars, etc., 
so there's no chance to get in there and play around.

I think the general practice is that each performer gets to book one 
dress rehearsal time.  That's about all the hall schedule will allow.  
When we got our new building, we only got the 200 seat recital hall.  
Phase two, a 600-700 seat hall is in the planning stage.  We're next 
door to a 2500 seat hall, but that's not ours and we rarely use it.  
So, we only have the one venue right now, and the fact that it's booked 
solid, and locked when its not pretty well helps keep tabs on the 
pianos.

And except for after certain faculty have been in there, everybody else 
even replaces the covers.

Jeff Tanner
University of South Carolina


On Wednesday, October 8, 2003, at 04:04 PM, Alan McCoy wrote:

> 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
>
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