I agree with David....More playing equals more wear and tear. I wish people would understand me here. In our main recital hall it can have up to 8, or more recitals a week. We have 2 piano a D and an old CF, but were an A. S. S. school so everyone plays on the Steinway no matter who or what their playing the piano for. The so called "policy" here is that students get 1 hour and faculty get 2, for rehearsal, but it usually ends up at 2 and 2 and sometimes more. The use of the the piano doesn't stop there. It also gets used for piano studio classes every week we have 4 piano faculty and they each have 2 hours, grant it they may not always use the full 2 hours. Sometimes the faculty use it for their own practice time. Then there are other groups that use the piano too. So the hall is booked heavily everyday. One thing that really made me mad toward the end of the fall semester was one of the piano faculty said it was a "substandard performing instrument" I told him that with all the use it gets it's hard to keep the "Concert Piano" in peak performance with the use it gets and the limited time I have in the hall. So some of you should consider yourselves lucky. -- Tony Graves RPT Piano Technician School of Music Ball State University Muncie, IN 47306 (765) 285-0053 On 2/23/09 7:01 PM, "Jim Busby" <jim_busby at byu.edu> wrote: 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.
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