[CAUT] Benches

[G Cousins]

We just keep diligent watch. Artist benches with all the S&S and standard benches with the Bostons.
No benches lost (yet) just misplaced,and then repatriated into the appropriate rooms.  I am planning on putting security tags (Property of...) on the benches so if anybody ever permanently borrows the bench they will know where it really belongs. Simply just because there is no proof as to who owns them.
A larger problem is with music stands and chairs.  Arrrrgh!  This year we labeled each stand with the practice room number but the dear Profs. still relocate them throughout the bulding including their studios.  The larger ensemble rooms we set the room up the way we wanted it to be staged, took photos, printed and laminated them and posted them on the walls near the light switches.  Stating This is what the room should look like when you leave.

I also made up a How To poster for the Hamburg Castered pianos to avoid improper use and potential cabinetry damage.  So far so good. 

Regards,
Gerry Cousins
WCUPA


> From: jim_busby at byu.edu
> To: caut at ptg.org
> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:30:53 -0600
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Benches
> 
> Well written John! (Tuners life article?)
> 
> As far as benches go, the techs before me started putting a small chain on each piano and tethering it to the piano. Benches stayed put, but at what cost? The chain hurt the finish of the bench and piano. People tripped on the chain. The hole where the chain was screwed into the bench often tore out and left the chain dangling.......
> 
> First thing I did was remove all the chains. With 425 pianos (Only 20 had chains) we have only lost 2 benches in 9 years. Yes, we find a bench somewhere it shouldn't be now and then. So what. Life is too short to worry about it. We keep a couple extra benches and replace it. Suddenly, one day, we find the old one. 
> 
> Jim Busby BYU
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of johnparham at piano88.com [johnparham at piano88.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 8:15 PM
> To: caut at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Benches
> 
> An unconventional approach may not be a bad idea.  Years ago I stopped
> at a convenience store to borrow a water bucket to fill up my car
> radiator.  The bucked had something written on it with a big black
> marker.  After I finished using the bucket, I asked the attendant why
> they wrote what they did on the bucket.  She said they had had a problem
> with people stealing their buckets, but ever since she wrote that
> sentence on the bucket, no one has stolen it.  It read, "If you steal
> this water bucket, you will be cursed for life."
> 
> Go figure.
> 
> -John Parham, RPT
> Hickory, NC
> 
> 
> 
> Hey...gorilla
> > glue them to the floor, then push the piano in or out to your liking ;>)
> > ha ha
> > Paul
> 
> 
> > Subject:
> > [CAUT] Benches
> > Does anyone have any great hints on how to keep benches where they belong?
> >  In our piano major practice rooms we have an adjustable bench (Jansen
> > Petites) and each is chained to its piano.  All 10 have remained in the
> > rooms, no problem.  However, in our recital halls it’s not possible to
> > chain the bench so they do wander off.  In all my years here I have not
> > found a solution.
> >
> > Any bright ideas?
> >
> > dave
> >
> > _________________________
> > David M. Porritt, RPT
> > Meadows School of the Arts
> > Southern Methodist University
> > 6101 Bishop
> > Dallas, TX 75275
> > dporritt at smu.edu
 		 	   		  
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