At USC, we allowed one hour, but I'm not sure it was always practical or possible to require the instructor be present. As far as wearing out the piano, the first set of hammers lasted over 10 years on the main piano. Tanner ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Busby To: caut at ptg.org Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 7:01 PM Subject: [CAUT] Practicing on concert hall pianos piano All, I know we have had this on the list before, but what policy do you have concerning students practicing on concert hall instruments? Here is ours; - Students are allowed only one rehearsal prior to their recital, and then only if time/schedule allows. - Students cannot practice w/o their teacher being present. Does this sound unreasonable? Does excessive practicing wear out the piano, or make it more difficult to keep in the best condition? Mind you, we have had up to 19 concerts in one week. What would you consider excessive, considering the rigorous concert schedule that the pianos must already endure? Thank you! Sincerely, Jim Busby BYU P.S. You can guess why I'm writing. We're being pressed to allow students to play more than our "policy" allows. Please do let me quote your short, to the point comments, as well as your policies to our piano faculty. You may quote me on the above. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090223/c007c262/attachment.html>
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