On Monday 27 April 2009 11:22:32 am Jim Busby wrote: > “Oops. But where were we supposed to put them????” The answer to that question is: "Wherever you would have put it had the piano not been there." This very neatly (and silently) introduces into the discussion the intimation that they put the item on the piano *because* it was there, and though the exchange rarely touches that topic it does occur to some who actually bother to think about it afterward. Here at WSU, we make that very clear to everyone (not that it isn't an on-going battle... but that's the nature of the institutional world... its non-stop education!). I sometimes add to such discussions that I don't mind at all if they let go of their instrument (or whatever) that high off the floor, as long as there isn't a piano underneath it when they do. With our concert instruments, we allow *nothing* on the piano -- whether the cover is in place, or not --! We maintain that the students and faculty (and visitors) have better things to do than to make judgement calls as to what items are, and are not, appropriate for placement on expensive instruments. If there's nothing on the piano, there's no problem; and that's that. -- Regards, Alan B. Crane, RPT School of Music Wichita State University alan.crane at wichita.edu
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