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Policy for the Use of Pianos in the Music Auditorium
Purpose: to provide access to a high quality concert piano for public
performances to students, faculty, and guests. A high quality concert piano
is expensive and relatively fragile. Limiting its availability to only public
performances and equivalent use is intended to preserve the pianos' readiness
for performance. This will benefit all performers and all performances.
General Rules:
- Both Auditorium pianos will be locked and Auditorium and Hart pianos
covered after each use.
- Students and faculty will not give or lend keys for the performance
piano to others.
- No food or drink is allowed in the Music Auditorium.
- Situations not covered explicitly by these rules will be interpreted by
staff based on the guidelines set forth in this policy document.
- Students violating these rules will lose the privilege of using the
piano.
- These rules are posted in large print backstage in the Music Auditorium.
"Prepared Piano" Rules:
- A prepared piano is defined as any activity involving affixing labels,
marking or inserting foreign objects into the piano or manipulating the
strings other than through the keyboard.
- Before a School of Music piano may be used for prepared piano purposes,
approval and instructions must be obtained from the Piano Technology staff.
Please contact William Schneider (schnei78@msu.edu).
- The piano may be used for rehearsal or public performances involving a
prepared piano.
- Following the rehearsal or performance all labels, markings, and other
objects (as approved by the Piano Technology staff) will be completely and
promptly removed, leaving no permanent traces in the piano.
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