Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Color Piece - Ed Landreth Practice Room (place on campus)

You can hear just about anything that is going on in the Ed Landreth practice rooms when you're standing in the hallway that connects all of them. The walls are thin. Every note that is played or sung can be heard by anybody who walks by.
The door of each room is a light oak with a small window in the upper center of it. The window is right at eye level so if students really wanted to, they could peer in on the person who is practicing.
Each room has its own upright piano. Some have Boston brand pianos, others have Yamaha pianos and still others have Steinway pianos.
The practice room I entered had a mahogany Boston piano in it, which was placed in the back corner of the practice room with the bench pushed all the way in.
There was also a full-length mirror on the same wall the piano laid up against. The walls and ceiling were white as snow. When you run your hands up and down the wall, you can feel the bumps and texture, which roll across and tickler your fingers.
This practice room also had a black music stand, which stood in the center of the room. Reckon, the room itself wasn't that big. The maximum of probably 4 average human beings could be in there at one time. The size of the room illustrates that it's not meant for ensemble rehearsals.

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