On Fri, 18 Nov 1994, John Minor wrote: > > I need suggestions on what to do with students who place > drinks on top of pianos! We have 15 or so new Yamaha verticals in > practice rooms, and students seem to treat them like they are the > same old junk we replaced! > There ARE new signs posted in most of the rooms stating no smoking > or drinking, etc. I HATE asking people to remove their drinks from the > pianos, especially the graduate students who should know better!!!!!! > Any comments are welcome! > > John Minor > University of Illinois > jminor@uiuc.edu John this problem is older than I am. The effective solution has yet to be born as far as I know. I make a big deal about it whenever I see it. I have confiscated coffee pots from practice rooms. We have 49 new Baldwin 243s that we got 16 months ago. So far the damage has not been significant but it is something I get serious about. I make posters and put them on my shop door. One of them has a picture of a large aligator. The head fills the picture and he appears to be smiling. Under this is written: "...and then he sat his drink down on the piano so I ate him." If you find a TRULY effective means to stop this kind of irresponsibility please let us all know. Also, if you learn a tactful way to kill tenured professors who water their plants on top of their piano let me know that too. I don't think the students can learn what their professors don't teach. Dave Porritt SMU
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