[CAUT] Pianos for piano performance majors

[David Ilvedson]

You mean throwing them overboard?

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, California



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From: "Robin Blankenship" <tunerdude at comcast.net>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
Received: 3/30/2006 4:47:07 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Pianos for piano performance majors


>David,

>Would not your school have some choice in which species of verticals it 
>got?? Mine does. It has gotten several Boston UP-118S's over the past couple 
>of years. I, too, held my breath about not being swamped with 1098's. But, 
>when I beheld the new Bostons, I felt positively like..........like having a 
>tea party!!!

>Yep,
>Robin Blankenship
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>From: "Porritt, David" <dporritt at mail.smu.edu>
>To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
>Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 7:39 PM
>Subject: Re: [CAUT] Pianos for piano performance majors


>Jim:

>I tend to agree with you about the variety but the S'ways do hold up pretty 
>well.  We are a keep-em-and-rebuild-em school.  We have bought 6 new pianos 
>since 2000 but I really encourage rebuilding rather than trading. 
>Fortunately the head of piano is the daughter of a piano technician and she 
>is firmly convinced that you get better instruments for less money that way. 
>I certainly agree with her.

>Our grand pianos are 75% Steinway.  Steinway Hall is trying to get us to 
>become an "All Steinway School".  I can't see any benefit in that myself - 
>well, except for only having to keep parts for Steinways.  I certainly would 
>not want to see a truckload of 1098s come in as I don't want to retire yet 
>and I'm sure I would if we had 50 of those!

>dp

>__________________________
>David M. Porritt, RPT
>Meadows School of the Arts
>Southern Methodist University
>Dallas, TX 75275
>dporritt at smu.edu

>________________________________

>From: caut-bounces at ptg.org on behalf of Jim Busby
>Sent: Thu 3/30/2006 1:39 PM
>To: College and University Technicians
>Subject: [CAUT] Pianos for piano performance majors



>List,



>I've noticed that several of you have practice rooms "locked" or reserved 
>for piano performance majors. Many reserve Steinways for those rooms, but 
>isn't a diversity of brands better? We currently have 6 of these rooms and 
>have the following breakdown;



>2 Steinway Ms

>1 Yamaha C3

>1 M&H A

>1 Kawai GS-40

>1 Baldwin L



>All these kept as optimal as possible.



>Any arguments for going all S&S? I'd especially like to hear from those of 
>you who majored in piano performance.



>Thanks.



>Jim Busby BYU




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