[CAUT] Practicing on concert hall pianos piano

[Jim Busby]

Thanks Wim.

JB

From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of wimblees at aol.com
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 5:46 PM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Practicing on concert hall pianos piano

At UA, students were allowed one hour of practice time on the concert instrument within a week of their recital, and the professor had to reserve the hall.
Wim


-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Busby <jim_busby at byu.edu>
To: caut at ptg.org <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 2:01 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;
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-          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.

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