David, I'm not sure if this will help...but hopefully it may be of some help in what not to allow.
Within the last 10 years I was involved with an institution in which one of the professors happened to be really good at running the recording studio including all performances recorded down in the recital hall. He was hired to do this and all was well for a number of years.
At some point he (Apparently) figured out a way to charge people for his services "on the side". This may sound "innocent" to some...but it creates some real issues (for me personally as a matter of fact. He would set up these recording sessions involving the piano and would schedule me to tune before the sessions...no biggie at first until one EXTREMELY picky pianist from another city travelled in for one of these...had complaints...then he asked me to re-tune the piano...then check it again...then AGAIN one more time...(which I refused at this point...) then she became fixated on that particular noise and ended up cancelling out mid-way through what was supposed to be a 3 day session. This piano happened to be AMAZING & no one ever mentioned this mysterious sound before or after this event during my years there. (I later found out this person was kind of a "kook"...)
A few months later this professor was FIRED in large part because the powers that be figured out what he was doing. A tenured professor by the way.
I'm guessing it is a GIVEN that this would not be good to allow...but just in case, I thought I would share.
Best!! Kevin
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Kevin Fortenberry
Registered Piano Technician
Temple, Texas
806-778-3962
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-14-2020 16:08
From: David Brown
Subject: Video and Audio recording question
All-
For those off you at universities I have a question/small poll-
If you have audio/video recording services for recitals etc. do you offer those services to students for audition/competition screening recording/videos? If so, is there a charge? How much? Our new
Audio Over IP/ Networked Audio system is beginning its rollout this Fall and these questions are already being asked. We have never offered audio recording services to students for these purposes, only recitals and ensembles. It might make a good income stream for some cost recovery, but trying to weigh the benefits versus the staff bandwidth we have to handle it.
Many thanks in advance-
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David Brown
Garland TX
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