Guide for the Use of the Bösendorfer Piano

I. Members of the piano faculty are authorized to play the Bösendorfer piano. Its use shall be limited to conventional pianoforte literature, i.e., no "prepared piano, or such action as plucking strings, or hammering strings with foreign objects." All requests for the use of the Bösendorfer shall be subject to final approval by the keyboard area coordinator.

II. Guest Artist appearances: The piano faculty will screen and the keyboard area coordinator will approve the use of the Bösendorfer for guest artist appearances in Whitmore Recital Hall. The same procedure will determine those occasions when the piano shall be moved to Jesse Hall for performance.

III. Faculty Performances: The Bösendorfer may be used at the discretion of the faculty performer involved.

IV. Student Performances (all must be approved by the piano faculty):

1. MM Performance Degree Hearings and Recitals
2. BM Performance Degree Hearings and Recitals
3. Undergraduate and graduate accompanying degree programs
4. Selected Piano Performance Classes (Piano faculty member must be present)
5. Final applied piano exams for Piano Majors and Concentrations

V. Special Circumstances:

1. State Music Teachers Conventions
2. Guest Master Classes as approved by the piano faculty
3. Duo Piano Recitals or works that require the use of two pianos

VI. Additional Provisions and Responsibilities

1. The faculty member concerned and the piano area coordinator will be responsible for the safe transport (on and off stage) of the instrument, insofar as the Whitmore Recital Hall is concerned.
2. The extent of rehearsal hours shall follow the traditional guidelines currently in operation for the Whitmore Recital Hall.

Reservation and Use of the School's Harpsichord

Faculty members may reserve the Martin harpsichord for their own and their students' recitals and associated practice time. The instrument is located in 245 FAB-M.

Notice must be given to Dr. Wenger, the faculty member supervising the instrument, at least four weeks in advance of the date the instrument is required. If this deadline is met, the instrument will be moved to Whitmore Recital Hall at an appropriate time, tuned once before the rehearsals begin, and tuned again just before the recital.

Faculty should also be aware that the instrument is used heavily for teaching purposes in the early part of the fall semester of Piano Literature class. Requests to use the instrument during this time should be limited.

Piano Tuning and Repair

The School establishes a regular piano tuning schedule for all school instruments. This includes approximately biweekly tuning of the concert instruments in Whitmore Recital Hall, and less frequent tuning for those instruments in classrooms, studios, and practice rooms. When tuning or repair becomes necessary outside of this standard schedule, the services are to be requested by completing a form and leaving it in the mailbox of Lucy Urlacher, the School of Music’s Tuner-Technician. Blank forms may also be found in her mailbox.