On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Jim Busby <jim_busby at byu.edu> wrote: > Yes!! I think I’ll put this on a piano for faculty meeting as a joke. It > might get the idea across better than so much lecturing. > > > > Jim Busby BYU > > > > *From:* caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] *On Behalf Of *Paul > T Williams > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 28, 2009 7:31 AM > *To:* caut at ptg.org > *Subject:* Re: [CAUT] Pizza party > > > > > The spikes! Just like those! > > Ikea has a hawk call in their covered garages to keep out the starlings. > Does it work? Noooooo! > > Paul > > > *G Cousins <cousins_gerry at msn.com>* > Sent by: caut-bounces at ptg.org > > 04/28/2009 08:24 AM > > Please respond to > caut at ptg.org > > To > > CAUT <caut at ptg.org> > > cc > > Subject > > Re: [CAUT] Pizza party > > > > > > > Paul, > Found these to be very helpful especially on the D's.* > *[image: Pest Bird Products] <http://www.birdbgone.com/products.htm> > The solar ones don't work too well in the parctice rooms. > =) > Gerry > ------------------------------ > > To: ilvey at sbcglobal.net; caut at ptg.org > From: pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu > Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:57:00 -0500 > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Pizza party > > > At all the ferry docks in Washington, the light posts, etc have lots of > little "spikes" on top of different heights 4-6". That would be fun! > > Paul > > *"David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>* > Sent by: caut-bounces at ptg.org 04/27/2009 05:26 PM > > Please respond to > David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>; Please respond to > caut at ptg.org > > To > > caut at ptg.org > > cc > > Subject > > Re: [CAUT] Pizza party > > > > > > > > Have you ever seen those cones they put on posts in the harbor? It keeps > seagulls from having a nice flat place to land. No I haven't tried it, just > day-dreaming > > David Ilvedson, RPT > Pacifica, CA 94044 > > ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- > From: "Paul T Williams" <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> > To: caut at ptg.org > Received: 4/27/2009 3:22:09 PM > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Pizza party > > > >Hi all CAUT's > > >Incorrect, and correct at the same time on both accounts, Alan. These > >pianos are OUR pianos. We all pay taxes, you, your parents, me, my boss, > >the piano faculty, the students, etc. These pianos are property of the > >state in which you live and work. To make them last must involve > >cooperative care. All of these students just forget or haven't grasped > >the fact of where their taxes go. What a great place to put your > >instrument case, your lap-top, your valve oil, etc It's just the right > >height after all!! > > >I put a very simple note on all practice pianos on the lid.. "nothing > >allowed on the pianos...especially anything liquid." Guess what... most > >of those notes gave permission to students to simply use my note as a > >"coaster" for their drink!! :>( All of them have the tell-tale cup ring > >on them. I know Oberlin has a $50 fine for anything brought into the > >practice rooms or class-rooms....maybe a good choice... if it can be > >"policed". Or, we can all put covers on the lids; fit in just a way to > >make them just a bit too fluffy to set anything on them. There's some > >bucks to spend! > > >We have at least two benches in each practice room, one for their butts > >and one to put their junk on, but that doesn't work either! > > >ALL FACULTY (except two or 3) put junk on their pianos here...including > >some who choose to put total city displays of whatever Euopean city they > >visited over their journeys.. on their studio pianos...and most of them > >have done so for years, so who am I to tell them?!! I'm just "the help" > >in most of their minds,( never mind that I've have gained at least as much > > >or more education and experence than any Post doctorate shy of a PHD: > >therefore putting me on par with them or better...also with 30+ years of > >performance experience...alomost none of which can match!!); and should > >just please their every whim, including taking all their junk off "their" > >pianos for service...Unless the faculty also keep ALL crap off their > >pianos, then, so will the students slurely follow. This, too will take > >time,,,, as Mom put beautiful Christmas scenes on the top of Grandma's > >pianos as they grew up. There's no end. It will never end!!! Perhaps > >plexiglass or Spurlock-style white plastic fitted for each piano is the > >way, but, why encourage them to do it? There is a way, but I'm not > >experienced enough to control this. > > >How have all of you to keep faculty from putting junk on their pianos? I'm > > >very curious. > > >Thanks for all response! > > >Best, > >Paul > > > > > >reggaepass at aol.com > >Sent by: caut-bounces at ptg.org > >04/27/2009 03:52 PM > >Please respond to > >caut at ptg.org > > > >To > >caut at ptg.org > >cc > > >Subject > >Re: [CAUT] Pizza party > > > > > > > > >"They are not your pianos. You can't take it personally." > >Yes, and when I get the attitude, "Yea, Alan, we know: These are YOUR > >pianos..", I tell them, "No, they are YOUR pianos. My piano is at home, > >and I would NEVER bring it here!" ;) > > >Alan Eder > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Zeno Wood <zeno.wood at gmail.com> > >To: caut at ptg.org > >Sent: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:06 pm > >Subject: Re: [CAUT] Pizza party > > >David (Skolnik, that is), > > >Thanks for your insights, they all ring true. Dealing with egos in any > >kind of institutional setting can be tricky, and that's a big part of > >working at a college. I've been lucky to have the support of the Chair > >and others, and in fact, when I say I've sent emails to the faculty, > >what's actually happened is the Chair has forwarded my emails to the rest > >of the faculty. > > >I hope I haven't given the idea that I play Piano Cop (if at all, I'm the > >Good Cop ). I think that I've established a working relationship with the > > >students and faculty from having taught a few classes and playing in a > >student ensemble when time allows. I've also been seen as a resource and > >have been invited to give piano presentations to piano students and > >composers. > > >Anyway, I wholeheartedly agree with your point that "They are not your > >pianos. You can't take it personally." We take care of the instruments, > >but they're not there for us. And if nobody used them, we wouldn't have a > > >job to begin with. > > >Cheers, > >Zeno Wood > >An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! > > I used to tune for one instructor who had neat piles of music, each about 18" tall on his piano, a P-22, across the entire top, I once asked him if he was afraid it was going to float up to the ceiling without them. He just gave me an odd look, snorted and went in his office. He's an administrator now. Mike -- I intend to live forever. So far, so good. Steven Wright Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090429/3872ce2a/attachment-0001.html> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 111156 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090429/3872ce2a/attachment-0001.gif>
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