<html><body><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000"><div>Seth, I've contemplated it, but have never gone ahead and DONE it. I think it's a marvelous idea, personally, and the costs now compare favorably with those for most textbooks.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Jonathan Santore</div><div>Plymouth State University (NH)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid #1010FF;margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div>Dear friends,</div><div><br></div><div>While revising my Freshman theory course more to make it more explicitly piano-centered, I’ve had to contend with the possibility that the resulting spike in usage might well strain our campus resources. </div><div><br></div><div>This led me to wonder: has anyone in this community either (a) advised—or even required—students to acquire/purchase an inexpensive (<$100) electronic keyboard as part of their curricular requirements; or (b) sought to make such instruments available to music students through their institution—maybe as a rental, or even gratis, as part of their tuition or housing contract?</div><div><br></div><div>(Broadening the question a bit, I’d be equally keen to know of institutions that provide *any* complementary technology for their music students. I’ve heard grapevine stories, e.g., of newly-enrolled students receiving iPods from their departments, presumably in conjunction with various well-defined pedagogical aims.)</div><div><br></div><div>I'd welcome responses either on-list or off.</div><div><br></div><div>Gratefully,</div><div><br></div><div>- Seth</div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; "><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">-----------------------------------------------------------</span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; "><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Seth Monahan</span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; "><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Assistant Professor of Music Theory</span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; "><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester</span></span></div><div><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;">Reviews Editor, <i>Music Theory Spectrum</i></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; "><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">(585) 274-1556</span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; "><span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><a href="http://www.sethmonahan.com" target="_blank">www.sethmonahan.com</a></span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; "><br></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Smt-talk mailing list<br>Smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org<br>http://lists.societymusictheory.org/listinfo.cgi/smt-talk-societymusictheory.org<br></blockquote><div><br></div></div></body></html>