Reports Find Pianos Unloved

Harvard is mistreating many of its more than 140 pianos according to two separate studies, both released last week.

One report was written by a technician whom the University hired last February to make a study of the Harvard piano situation. The other was presented to the Committee on Houses and Undergraduate Life (CHUL) by Thomas Crooks, Master of Dudley House.

Thomas V. Potter, a former technician from the New England Conservatory of Music, recommended that Harvard hire a full-time caretaker to maintain the many pianos it owns.

Potter reported that the university pianos he inspected were "dirty and in need of adjustments and repairs." He added that some pianos have been recently rebuilt which were too old to warrant the expenses.

Potter discussed one pianos which was to add as to have only 85 notes rather than the standard 88."

In his report, sent to Richard Leahy '56, assistant dean for Resources and Planning Poster estimated