[CAUT] New Building Specs

[Paul T Williams]

Willem,

My shop is nearly identical to yours and two pianos is crowded, but 
doable.  Improvements I would make  is more bench space.  If funding was 
ample, I would increase nice level work spaces, electrical outlets and 
storage drawers under the benches.  My main bench is a large slab of and 
old bowling alley with room for two actions.  It has a very crude 
home-made drawer under it that is fairly useless. I have only been here 3 
months, but am already fustrated by the lack of storage for parts, 
dollies, and the like.  I have 3.5 metal cabinets, but they are pretty 
cluttered.  Perhaps this summer, I should re-organize it so to be more 
functional.   The former tech did install a divise chained to the ceiling 
for hoisting up plates, but it is not moveable, so the piano can only be 
in one place to use it and it is right in the middle of the room.  I would 
like to modify it so it can "slide" side to side 10 feet or so.  A 
built-in air compressor with multi-area hose plug-in would also be nice as 
well as a central vacuum system.

Also, their is no freight elevator in the building and the elevator we 
have can only hold a Steinway B.  So rebuilding D's can't be done in the 
shop!!!  Now that's fustrating and expensive!!!!!!!!!

Ken, keep these things in mind as well.

Best,

Paul T. Williams RPT
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
pwilliams4 at unl.edu





Willem Blees <wblees at bama.ua.edu> 
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Ken

My shop is 19 x 27, a little 500 square feet. Although I don't do any 
rebuilding, because they don't give me any money, I could do two 
pianos at a time in here. (Right now I have three octaves of 
handbells set up). One corner of the room is also my office. One thing 
I wish I did have is a seperate room, so that dust and dirt don't get 
all over my desk and computer. So if they are willing to give you a 
600 square foot room, maybe you could take one corner of it for a 10 x 
10 office. 

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

Quoting Ken Zahringer <ZahringerK at missouri.edu>:

> I need some advice, guys.  Much to my shock and surprise, the
> University has
> hired an architectural firm to begin the planning & design process
> for a new
> School of Music.  I mean, our current building is only 55 years old,
> and it
> has fully half of the space we need!  Anyway, the Director sent out a
> draft
> of the space needs for the new building on Friday.  The draft
> recommends 600
> sq ft, with an inventory of 175 or so pianos.  I think I¹ll need more
> than
> that.  Some questions for you:
> 
> I¹m sure some of you have moved into a new building in the last 10
> years or
> so.  What kind of shop facility did you get, how involved were you,
> how did
> you justify your recommendations (if any)?  How is it working? 
> Anything you
> should have done differently, or any features you wouldn¹t trade for
> the
> world?
> 
> Does anyone know of any ³authoritative² source I could use, other
> than the
> Guidelines & Steinway¹s ISP, particularly one that directly addresses
> shop
> size?
> 
> The University has hired Susaki Architectural Associates from
> Boston.
> Anybody familiar with these guys, good, bad or indifferent?  You can
> reply
> off-list if need be :-)
> 
> Thanks for any and all comments,
> Ken Z.
> -- 
> Ken Zahringer, RPT
> University of Missouri
> School of Music
> 
> 





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