Hey Don, Are you holding up OK? Hoping there is a special place in hell for vandals? Kent "Pianos Vandalized At Ithaca College | Theithacajournal.com | The Ithaca Journal Approximately three-quarters of the pianos in practice rooms at the Ithaca College School of Music were vandalized to varying degrees of seriousness late Saturday or early Sunday, just as music students were preparing for final exams and performances this week. The damage was discovered at about 9 a.m. Sunday in the practice rooms on the first floor of the James J. Whalen Center for Music, college spokesman Dave Maley said. More than 60 pianos were damaged, many by having parts removed. In many cases, parts were removed but left in the room, which may help ease re pairs, but other instruments received major damage, Maley said. Technicians and staff of the music school spent much of Sunday assessing the damage, and the Office of Public Safety, with crime-scene assistance from the state police, began investigating. No dollar value of the damage was determined. The entire Whalen Center was closed at one point. The vandalism was limited to the practice rooms, which are used not only by piano students but also other students requiring the instruments or piano accompaniment. This is the final week of the semester, Maley noted, and the practice rooms would have been in heavy demand on Sun day. Anyone with information about the incident may contact the college Office of Public Safety at 274-3333."
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