---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Rob, Put on your boots. I laid this on pretty thick. I have been the sole piano technician at Ohio University for almost =20 fifteen years now. I know first hand of the extreme wear and damage =20 pianos are subjected to in a university setting. Practice room and =20 faculty studio pianos receive ten fold the amount of use and abuse as =20= any piano in a home situation. Pianos must be replaced on a consistent basis due to the excessive =20 burden placed on them by 14 to 16 hours of heavy daily usage. Extreme =20= wear on all piano parts demands an inordinate amount of time for =20 repair, rebuilding, and re-regulation. The piano technician's time =20 that should be spent on fine tuning and close regulation is lost to =20 many hours of extensive repair, just to get the piano playable. A school of music should not have mediocre pianos that can barely be =20 maintained to a passable level. We should be offering our students the =20= best possible instruments to facilitate the level of pedagogy expected =20= of us. Edit away, Chris On Apr 1, 2005, at 3:16 PM, Rob Goodale wrote: > Hello all, new to the list. > =A0 > For those who don't know me: > Piano Tech for UNLV (University of Nevada, Las Vegas),=A0over 6 years =20= > now. > RPT for at least 10 years now. > Former subscriber to the PTG tech list for many years -=A0got = disgusted =20 > with it's degradation and=A0left about six months ago. > =A0 > = -----------------------------------------------------------------------=20= > = -----------------------------------------------------------------------=20= > ---------------------------------- > -AND NOW FOR SERIOUS BUSINESS- > =A0 > UNLV has a host of junky pianos suitable for use as boat anchors.=A0 =20= > Mostly Yamahas and Kawais averaging in age from about 20-30 years, =20 > (scary).=A0 For all practical purposes they are no longer = maintainable, =20 > don't stay tuned, breaking strings, beat to death, etc. > =A0 > After years of persuasion and warnings I actually have the =20 > administration listening and contemplating budgeting for replacing the = =20 > entire lot of them, (about +/-=A045=A0units).=A0 We have received bids = and =20 > some factory reps have visited.=A0 I am now writing a detailed report = to =20 > submit next week which will=A0express my findings, recommendations, = and =20 > will include close up color photographs of worn out piano parts.=A0 = This =20 > is what I hope will be the final blow that will topple the preverbal =20= > tower of administrative resistance. > =A0 > We currently have a dealer loan program that appears to have worn out =20= > it's usefulness.=A0 It really needs to go away permanently in favor of = =20 > all new owned replacements.=A0 I know there are many of you out there =20= > who have had plenty of experience in loan programs.=A0 I am hoping to =20= > accumulate a few short testimonials from other university techs on =20 > "why old university pianos need to be replaced", and "why=A0dealer = loan =20 > programs are a bad idea".=A0 (For those who have had good loan program = =20 > experiences this part is not for you).=A0 I am=A0hoping for a=A0couple = =20 > short=A0paragraphs from a few=A0other university techs=A0that I = can=A0quote=A0in =20 > my report.=A0 Anyone willing to contribute please forward your prose = to =20 > me ASAP.=A0 Be aware that I may be required to do some minor editing, =20= > (including possible shortening), =A0to make your words fit within the =20= > space and context of my report.=A0 Please include the name of the =20 > university. > =A0 > Thanks for your help. > =A0 > Rob Goodale, RPT > Las Vegas, NV > Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T. School of Music, Ohio University Rm. 311, Robt. Glidden Hall Athens, OH 45701 Office (740) 593-1656 Cell (740) 590-3842 fax (740) 593-1429 http://www.ohiou.edu/music ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 4563 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/7f/30/03/e7/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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