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Issue date: 2/1/07 Section: News
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Another pipe leak in Piano Row has derailed several student organizations' and basketball teams' activities this semester and damaged equipment worth over an estimated $17,500 last weekend, according to Emerson administrators and student group leaders.
Water leaked into the first basement floor on Friday night and damage equipment in Frames Per Second's (FPS) office, in two piano rehearsal rooms, and the Musical Theatre Society's office. As Friday night turned into Saturday morning, the water leaked onto the basketball court on the third basement level, causing damage that may cause the court to be replaced in May according to Roger Crosley, coordinator of athletic organizations.
The leak, Piano Row's second in 10 days, was caused when paper towels and sanitary napkins clogged a drain in the laundry room on the first floor, Director of Facilities Neal Lespasio said in an e-mail. The clogged drain caused a washing machine to overflow and backed up the main pipeline before water began leaking into lower floors.
FPS was hit hardest by the leak. FPS president George Hrico said at least $7500 worth of the group's equipment was damaged, including a new Avid editing system, a Power Mac G5 computer and accompanying software.
"Our ceiling had pretty much collapsed and most of our most expensive equipment was wet, all soaked to the point where I turned them on [Tuesday] and they popped and hissed," said Hrico, a senior film major.
"When you push down on the keyboard, water starts overflowing out of it."
About $1400 worth of film negatives were soaked during the leak, but it was the film's contents which were invaluable, Hrico said. He had left Night Ride, a film produced last semester by Rebecca Lear, sitting out overnight. Lear, a junior film major, and her crew had never seen their film, which is probably destroyed or permanently damaged, Hrico said.
His estimate did not include an office computer, three lighting kits, two hard drives and a zip drive that were soaked because they had been purchased before he joined FPS and he did not know how much it would cost to replace them.
Water leaked into the first basement floor on Friday night and damage equipment in Frames Per Second's (FPS) office, in two piano rehearsal rooms, and the Musical Theatre Society's office. As Friday night turned into Saturday morning, the water leaked onto the basketball court on the third basement level, causing damage that may cause the court to be replaced in May according to Roger Crosley, coordinator of athletic organizations.
The leak, Piano Row's second in 10 days, was caused when paper towels and sanitary napkins clogged a drain in the laundry room on the first floor, Director of Facilities Neal Lespasio said in an e-mail. The clogged drain caused a washing machine to overflow and backed up the main pipeline before water began leaking into lower floors.
FPS was hit hardest by the leak. FPS president George Hrico said at least $7500 worth of the group's equipment was damaged, including a new Avid editing system, a Power Mac G5 computer and accompanying software.
"Our ceiling had pretty much collapsed and most of our most expensive equipment was wet, all soaked to the point where I turned them on [Tuesday] and they popped and hissed," said Hrico, a senior film major.
"When you push down on the keyboard, water starts overflowing out of it."
About $1400 worth of film negatives were soaked during the leak, but it was the film's contents which were invaluable, Hrico said. He had left Night Ride, a film produced last semester by Rebecca Lear, sitting out overnight. Lear, a junior film major, and her crew had never seen their film, which is probably destroyed or permanently damaged, Hrico said.
His estimate did not include an office computer, three lighting kits, two hard drives and a zip drive that were soaked because they had been purchased before he joined FPS and he did not know how much it would cost to replace them.
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