[CAUT] Stands. slightly OT

[Elwood Doss, Jr.]

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Hey Wim,
We stencil "UTM Music" in bold letters and white spray paint on all of =
our stands. Even if the face of the stand is painted black, the outline =
of the letters shows through.  I'm really not sure how many we lose each =
year--very few if any, I would surmise, although our stands are pretty =
old.  Many of them were so rusty and scratched up that I used one of my =
work-study students to paint them black.  Don't last real long, but do =
improve the overall looks of the stands.  Besides I had nearly a gallon =
of black paint that was going to go to waste.  Might as well use it up!

Keeping the stands in their assigned location would be no small task. I =
would say there would be a certain amount of loss, considering human =
nature, and today's morals.  I don't think having students purchase =
their own stands and carry them around would never work.  Instead of =
purchasing a personal stand, the'd just "borrow" one from the band room, =
concert hall or choral room.

Here's an idea that we use here:  Our women's professional fraternity, =
Sigma Alpha Iota, purchased some stands for the practice rooms--they are =
bright red with "SAI" and some flowers and birds stenciled on them.  =
Nobody would be caught dead carrying one of those out of the building.  =
It would be a good project for Phi Mu Alpha too, for that matter.

Kindest personal regards!

Joy!
Elwood

Elwood Doss, Jr., RPT
Piano Technician/Technical Director
Department of Music
145 Fine Arts Building
University of Tennessee at Martin
Martin, TN  38238
731-881-1852
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  Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 12:00 PM
  Subject: [CAUT] Stands. slightly OT


  This is a little off topic. It has to do with music stands. It seems =
music stands are disappearing from the school. We are buying new ones =
constantly to keep up. So our chair wants to ear mark stands for use =
only in the band room, the concert hall and the choral room. He doesn't =
want stands to be taken out of these places. He wants to make students =
buy stands at the bookstore to be used in practice rooms and in other =
class rooms when they practice in there with small ensembles. Some of =
the teachers are saying this will not work. My complaint was that who is =
going to be in charge of putting stands back when they are taken out of =
the band room, etc.=20

  I am sure other schools have problems similar to this. Any =
suggestions?

  Wim=20
  Willem Blees, RPT
  Piano Tuner/Technician
  School of Music
  University of Alabama
  Tuscaloosa, AL USA
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