Dear Anne and List; It is so very exciting to hear about your program at FSU, Anne. You are one of my heroes. I am so impressed with the amount of energy and enthusiasm you have dedicated to developing this program (though sometimes I worry about your sanity! ;)). We ALL owe you a tremendous debt of gratitude for your pioneering program there. Please do keep us updated on how things work for you this year. Best, Mary At 01:41 PM 10/30/2004 -0400, you wrote: >Dear Otto, >Thanks for your thoughts and concerns about the new Master of Arts in >Piano Technology here at the Florida State University School of Music. I >designed this program to counteract the very "inbreeding" that you >describe. I have planned guest lecturer visits for every semester to >ensure that the material offered is varied, multi-faceted, and >current. My students just enjoyed a two day visit with Don Bennett from >Atlanta. He took them through both pinblock installation and bridge >capping with tremendous amounts of hands-on. Bob Marinelli is slated to be >here in December to do a three day seminar on actions and keyboards, and >Susan Graham has signed on for a visit in the spring. John Foy has >committed to fall 2005 and David Stanwood will visit in 2006. The >students have had access to many of our resident faculty and have worked >with musicologists, historians, and performers. They've discussed >research projects concerning temperament practice and philosophy with both >faculty and doctoral candidates and have gained more experience servicing >clavichords, harpsichords, fortepianos, and a portative organ in one >semester than most piano technicians get in a lifetime. These students >have direct contact with piano majors, piano faculty artists and the >numerous guest pianists and keyboardists from all over the world that we >host every year. Through these experiences, they are able to improve >their communication skills and are exposed to many different ideas. We're >developing a mini-chemistry course that will encompass the full array of >poisons we all work with, and our Museum Studies program affords these >students access to curatorial and conservation opportunities. The vibrant >arts administration program here has enabled them to seek ways to fund >tangential training opportunities by helping them through the grant >writing process. We just welcomed our 6th Nobel prize winning faculty >member to campus. Sir Harold Kroto of "bucky balls" fame joined the >chemistry department this fall. He, along with every other professor on >campus, hosts office hours where students have direct access to these >great minds. As you can see, the university setting eschews "myopic >vision", and cross-pollination is an every-day occurance. I have learned >so much from these students in the first eight weeks of this program and >I'll be the fortunate beneficiary of much more learning in semesters to >come. I look forward to talking with you and many others in Kansas City >about this new program. >Anne Garee >----- Original Message ----- From: "Otto Keyes" <okeyes@uidaho.edu> >To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org> >Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 4:37 PM >Subject: Re: [CAUT] Rice University > > >>According to the Journal article, the only candidates considered for the >>Florida program are ones who have gone through the London, Ont. course. >>Unfortunately, this can lend itself to technical in-breeding & the ills >>associated therewith, ie: myopic vision, hardening of the cranial cavity to >>exclude the entrance of any external ideas, elevation of the septum & >>associated olfactory tissue, etc., etc. However, when re-printing your >>cards, it does afford the opportunity to pile a few more letters on the >>other B.S. behind your name. >>:-) >> >>Seriously though, I do think it's a point of weakness. Sometimes the >>ignorant greenhorn can come up with some of the most innovative solutions to >>long-time problems. Not that you want a novice in a grad program, but a >>variety of view-points is essential. If everyone is looking from the same >>angle they may all miss a very simple, yet important fact. >> >>Otto >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Wolfley, Eric (wolfleel)" <WOLFLEEL@UCMAIL.UC.EDU> >>To: <dporritt@mail.smu.edu>; "'College and University Technicians'" >><caut@ptg.org> >>Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 9:50 AM >>Subject: RE: [CAUT] Rice University >> >> >>>David, >>> >>>Thanks for the info on Rice. It sounds like Dean Shank is training other >>>crossover pianist/technicians. Anne Garee created the Masters degree >>program >>>in Piano Technology at Florida State University in Tallahassee and I >>believe >>>it just started this year. Here's a link: >>>http://www.music.fsu.edu/garee.htm >>> >>>Eric >>> >>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>Eric Wolfley >>>Head Piano Technician >>>Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music >>>University of Cincinnati >>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>>From: David M. Porritt [mailto:dporritt@mail.smu.edu] >>>Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 12:36 PM >>>To: caut@ptg.org >>>Subject: RE: [CAUT] Rice University >>> >>>Eric: >>> >>>Dean Shank, DMA is the technician/piano faculty member. Years ago he was >>>half-time piano technician and half-time teacher I believe. Now he has >>>another working with him. Avery Todd at U of Houston probably knows more >>>about their program. >>> >>>dave >>> >>>PS I wasn't aware of the Florida program. Which school? Is there more >>info >>>on the web? >>> >>> >>>__________________________________________ >>>David M. Porritt, RPT >>>Meadows School of the Arts >>>Southern Methodist University >>>Dallas, TX 75275 >>>dporritt@mail.smu.edu >>> >>> >>>----- Original message ----------------------------------------> >>>From: Wolfley, Eric (wolfleel) <WOLFLEEL@UCMAIL.UC.EDU> >>>To: 'College and University Technicians' <caut@ptg.org> >>>Received: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:22:54 -0400 >>>Subject: [CAUT] Rice University >>> >>> >Does anybody know who the technicians at Rice University are? A visiting >>> >pianist here for a concert told us he earned a Masters degree in Piano >>> >Technolgy (along with a Masters in Piano Performance) from Rice. He >tuned >>> >and serviced the piano he performed on (an off-site piano not under our >>> >jurisdiction). I'm just curious about this because I have not heard of >>any >>> >graduate programs in piano technology other than the one in Florida. >>> >>> >Thanks. >>> >>> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> >Eric Wolfley >>> >Head Piano Technician >>> >Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music >>> >University of Cincinnati >>> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> >>> >_______________________________________________ >>> >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >>>_______________________________________________ >>>caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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