Cerena Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 This is sort of random, but any help would be appreciated. Some of the housing facilities have piano rooms available for students to practice, but it's my understanding that where I'll be staying does not. Is anyone aware of facilities on UBC campus that offer a piano practice room? I have a keyboard, but it's quite large to transport over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenith92 Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Hi Cerena, I'm quite certain that there is one at totem park residence. I think it is in the same building as cafeteria. However, one thing I'm not sure is whether if it is open to anyone. So I think it is in your best interest to check this out with a residence advisor. Hope I helped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerena Posted July 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Hi Cerena, I'm quite certain that there is one at totem park residence. I think it is in the same building as cafeteria. However, one thing I'm not sure is whether if it is open to anyone. So I think it is in your best interest to check this out with a residence advisor. Hope I helped! Hi zenith, Thank you for the reply! I'm going to inquire about this, as I know there are a couple of other housing buildings that have piano practice rooms (I feel somewhat disappointed with mine!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apoc01 Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 I think most if not all residences have pianos. However the best ones in my opinion are in totem and gage. Totem's is a yamaha grand and gage's is a recently refurbished one (the keys were horribly cracked) but now it's awesome! Totem's I think is in the ball room, and you can use it if nobody's using it, and gage's is in the recreation room with ping pong tables and it's generally free any time for student use. Correct me if I'm wrong! I'm not really familiar with totem's because I only played there once but I go to Gage at least... Twice a week during exams to stress out. You can always head to the music building to some of the piano rooms. All the rooms do require keys but most of the time there's at least one room with its door open for someone to use. Basement and second floor piano rooms are typically uprights because they're usually used for accompanying other instrumental soloists and most of the third floor piano rooms are grands, some steinways because they're used for piano majors. Try to go there when it's not so busy (after 5) when most students are done class/are stuck in rehearsal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerena Posted July 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 I think most if not all residences have pianos. However the best ones in my opinion are in vanier and gage. Vanier's is a yamaha grand and gage's is a recently refurbished one (the keys were horribly cracked) but now it's awesome! You can always head to the music building to some of the piano rooms. All the rooms do require keys but most of the time there's at least one room with its door open for someone to use. Basement and second floor piano rooms are typically uprights because they're usually used for accompanying other instrumental soloists and most of the third floor piano rooms are grands, some steinways because they're used for piano majors. Try to go there when it's not so busy (after 5) when most students are done class/are stuck in rehearsal. Gage has a piano room? Are you completely sure? If so, how did I miss this?! Thanks! Good thing I asked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 This is sort of random, but any help would be appreciated. Some of the housing facilities have piano rooms available for students to practice, but it's my understanding that where I'll be staying does not. Is anyone aware of facilities on UBC campus that offer a piano practice room? I have a keyboard, but it's quite large to transport over. Electronic keyboard with earphones in your bedroom works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economist Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 Gage has one at the ping-pong table room Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerena Posted July 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 Gage has one at the ping-pong table room Wahoo! 10char Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazin Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 I believe Place Vanier does as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpringDrive Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Just a warning about gage piano, it's a grand but it sounds horrible and has sloppy action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviathan Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Totem also has pianos in some of the actual residence buildings too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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