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Salient. An organ of student opinion at Victoria University, Wellington. Vol. 23. No. 7. Monday, August 8, 1960.

A Jarring Note

A Jarring Note

A piano needs regular maintenance and close supervision, especially a University piano. It should be tuned every there or four months. The University piano has not received any close attention at all.

Under the past Executive the piano was tuned once—just before Extrav. rehearsals. The only constructive move it made was to place it under the care of the Jazz Society for about three months. It also gave them a grant of £9 for a cover and lock, and any costs incurred by maintenance—a woefully inadequate sum! Apparently this was because of irresponsibility shown by the club of four or live years ago when it had a totally different membership!

The present Executive now finds Itself faced with the problem of finding over £50 to repair the present piano, or buying a secondhand piano for at least that price (if they are lucky). The past Executive had hummed and hawed over an offer of a good piano (or £40 for nearly three months, then passed it over to the new Executive. They found that the offer had meanwhile been withdrawn.

They are now wondering whether they should spend the money and have two pianos (they are buying a Baby Grand for the new Little Theatre). I should like to point out that, apart from the fact that the Baby Grand should be jealously guarded from injury, Extravaganza has a piano every night and all weekend in the first term, and there ore undoubtedly other times when clashes will occur.

I sincerely hope the Executive shows a little more foresight in its decisions this year. I recommend that the full amount of £50 be spent on this piano—any less and its condition will soon degenerate. Also, it should be placed under the custodianship of whatever club uses it the most.

—R.T.M.