The weather has finally broken. We will be open for all regular lessons beginning Monday, February 4. If our current student/parents are talking us up–thank you! We currently have no openings. We posted a reminder of our cancellation policy last week, and all current students have a signed contract agreeing to the cancellation policy. With a waiting list, it is more important than ever that you take your lesson seriously and attend regularly.

In that same vein, since we have so many piano students under the age of 10 currently, we need more openings for lessons at earlier times. If you are an adult, in high school, or home schooled and currently have a lesson earlier than 6 pm, and would be willing to consider a different time slot, please let us know.

We want to wish our students who are participating in ISSMA tomorrow good luck. We also hope that everyone stayed safe and warm. Keep recommending us to friends, neighbors and family–encourage them to email us at laura@larimer.music.com and join our waiting list. Thank you all for your cooperation and support.

Please read the lesson contract and the updated cancellation policy letter that was sent home the week of January 7. We require 48 hours notice of cancellations unless there is an severe illness or emergency or severe enough weather that we cancel lessons. If you cancel within 48 hours of the lesson for any other reason, you will be charged for the lesson. If possible, a make up lesson may be taken within 2 weeks of the missed lesson if an open spot becomes available. If you can’t make a “make up lesson” within 2 weeks of the missed lesson, you forfeit the cost of the lesson. This is the policy that all area music schools adopt, and some of them don’t allow make up lessons at all or give credit for illnesses. We like the idea of trying to fit in a make up lesson, however, and we will try whenever possible to offer one.

We have a waiting list of piano students currently and not enough open lesson slots for them. Please make your or your child’s lesson a priority, and remember that there are others waiting for a chance to take lessons with Larimer Music.

With the recent severe winter weather we have experienced and with more on the way, we want to remind everyone to check our website or our Facebook business page for any studio closings. If it is indeed on Tuesday/Wednesday colder than 10 below zero, we will likely close. No one needs to be out in weather like that especially children. We are supposed to get more snow as well. Munster has an ordinance that street parking is not allowed if it is snowing. Unfortunately, we have a single driveway, and one student may be leaving as another is arriving. Please be patient and perhaps allow a little extra time when dropping off and picking up. Also, please do not pull all the way up to the garage. Since we sometimes have one of our cars parked up to the garage, it is difficult for the next student arriving to know if your car is one of ours or not. If you pull up just to the walkway to the door and leave headlights on, the next student will know you are dropping off or picking up. Just a reminder that if we close due to weather, there is no charge for the lesson. However, we have had a slew of last minute cancellations over the last couple of weeks that were not weather related. First week of January we sent home an updated cancellation policy which states clearly 48 hours notice for a credit. Any cancellations with less than 48 hours notice will be charged. We may be able to offer a make up lesson, but with as many students as we currently have, make up lesson times are limited. We currently have a waiting list for piano lessons. Try to make the lesson a priority as someone else would love to have that lesson spot! Thank you for your cooperation, and please stay safe and warm.