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APS Rental Studio
Pianos were rebuilt by Mr. John Jones, Steinway specialist in Celina, Texas, exclusively for Araya Piano Studio.

As an American author Larry Fine writes in his book, The Piano Book, piano’s heyday is around between 1900 and
1930.  
Araya Piano Studio also finds that a Steinway built before the Great Depression is special.

Araya Piano Studio serves with all Steinway pianos built before 1930.  All the pianos in the studio are maintained
regularly by Steinway specialists.  The room temperature and humidity are carefully maintained to keep pianos in good
condition all the time.
  Room 105
Room 106
Instruments:
1911 Steinway B-211, rebuilt in 2011
1916 Steinway B-211, rebuilt in 2005
1905 Steinway O-180
(Piano has not arrived yet)
Rates:

Very last hour is 5
minutes short.  We
have to reserve at
least 5 minutes to
change users.
Use of 2 pianos
3,000 yen per 1 hour
Use of 1 piano
1,500 yen per 1 hour
Use of 1 piano
2,000 yen per 1 hour
Use of the room
without piano use
1,500 yen per 1 hour
Use of the room
without piano use
1,000 yen per 1 hour
Capacity:
3 persons
Banned
Instruments:
Drums, brass Instruments, and usage of amplifier are not allowed by building code.  (A small
recording device without a stand or usage of metronome are allowed.)
Business Hours
10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Available slots:  
Please check with Google Calendar:
APS Calendar  (The calendar cannot be
modified.  Schedule is shown up to two weeks
ahead.)
Please check with Yahoo Calendar:
http://calendar.yahoo.com/arayu8
(The calendar cannot be modified.  Schedule is
shown up to two weeks ahead.)
Reservation:  
Reservation can be made up to two weeks ahead.  Please contact for scheduling over two weeks
ahead.      
Each unit begins either from the 00th minute or from the 30th minute.
Please use the Reservation Form on the bottom of this page.
Payment:
The rental studio accepts PayPal, VISA, MasterCard, Discover, and JCB only.  There will be no
refund made on any case.  Please see "How to Make Reservation" below.  Students from
Araya
Piano Studio
do not have to prepay.  
Location:
1-38-7-105 Akatsutsumi,  Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo 156-0044 JAPAN
(5 minute walk from Kyodo Station on Odakyu Line)
Please search under “Araya Piano Studio” on Google Map, or please see
Direction Page.
How to Make
Reservation:
1)  Find an open slot from Online calendar shown above.

2)  Use the form below to let us know your preferred slots.  Reservation can be made only up to
two weeks ahead.  

3)  By 1) and 2), tentative reservation is made.  Then you will receive an invoice by e-mail.  If
someone else complete payment earlier than you pay, the tentative reservation will be
automatically canceled.  You can also calculate yourself and pay before receiving invoice by
Quick Payment below.

4)  Pay by PayPal, VISA, MasterCard, Discover, or JCB.  Please pay from Quick Payment below.  
We do not use cash or bank transfer for Rental Studio.

5)  After the payment is completed, your reservation is complete and will be noticed by e-mail.  
Google Calendar shows only your family name.
Other Important
Things on Making
Reservation
1)  Araya Piano Studio does not accept any request to the reservation by telephone.  All the
request, inquiry and reservation are made by e-mail only.

2)  If you do not agree with the Studio Guideline shown below, the rental studio cannot be used.
On the Day of the
Reservation
1)  See Direction Page for the location:

2) There will be no refund made by any reasons such as late coming, not coming, or change of
the time caused by illness, bad weather, or transportation problems.

3) If you come early, there are some chairs on underground level or sky garden on the 4th floor
to wait.

4)  After using the room, please set everything back in original position.

5)  If your stay is extended, certain fee will be charged.

6)  When you get out of the building, use a button on your right hand side at the gate to unlock.
Your name:
Your email address:
Your phone number:
Desired date / time,
room and comments:
Instruments if you bring:
APS Rental Studio Reservation Form
Guideline to the usage of the studio piano

About Room:

1.  The only permitted person can use the room.
2.  The piano can be used only from 10 am to 11 pm.  Playing piano during all the other time is
not permitted by the building management code.
3.  When piano is played, please shut two-layered windows and all the doors in the room.
4.  Please avoid direct sunshine onto piano especially during the winter time.
5.  A/C and heater can freely be used.  Please have the all electric switches in original position
after the usage.
6.  Bathroom can freely be used.  Please have everything in original position after the usage.
7.  Do not use Kitchen and Shower room.
8.  Leave the front door unlocked during business hours.
9.  Keep the room temperature no higher than 24℃ during the winter time or no lower than 24℃
during the summer time.  Acoustic instruments do not like a big difference of temperature.
10.  Smoking is NOT allowed at the entrance and inside of the rooms.  Smoking is allowed only
on balcony.
11.  Please change your shoes to house shoes which are set at the entrance.  If you would like
to use concert shoes, please clean the sole.
12.  The building entrance locks automatically.  Once you get out, you cannot reenter.
13.  Araya Piano Studio takes no responsibility about accident or incident happened by users.
14.  Please do not touch studio equipment such as sheet music, CD, telephone, computer and
etc.

About Piano:

15.  Do not use if you are a type of a pianist that plays extremely loud with physical strength.  
The piano is old.
16.  The only permitted person can use the piano.
17.  Please be careful about the metal parts behind the music stand that might damage strings.
18.  Please wipe off the keyboard surface with the cloth and shut the keyboard cover after using
piano.
19.  Unusual usage of piano such as prepared piano, use of unusual object in piano, or
touching strings, are not allowed.
20.  Do not put a hard object such as wrist watch, cell phone or metronome directly on the piano.
21.  Do not wide open the big lid.  Open just keyboard cover and the front part of rectangle lid.  
If you need to wide open the big lid, please ask.  It can cause injury because the big lid is heavy.
22.  Let all wet materials such as a flower vase or glass of drink away from the piano.
23.  Araya Piano Studio will ask certain fee for users on any damage of piano by unusual or
unacceptable way of usage.
Quick Payment in Japanese Yen
Enter the amount then click "Pay."
Good for Lessons or Practice for Piano,
Instruments and voice while the studio is not used.
 Room 105 can be used for the practice of Duo or
Concerto also.