NYU Pipes and Drums searching for space

On certain nights, the sound of bagpipes drifts through the elevator in the Fairchild building. But it is much more than just elevator music. It is the sound of NYU Pipes and Drums, a Steinhardt-affiliated band that practices on the 12th floor.

The band has practiced at 7 E. 12th St. for the past dozen or so years, but now they are scrambling to find new rehearsal space. With the building being renovated into the School of Continuing and Professional Studies headquarters, the band must now find another NYU building that is open enough to accommodate their bulky instruments and their immense sound.

"I hope we don't become a homeless pipe band," pipe major Brian Meagher said. "But I get the feeling that until we're out the door, we're not going to get any help."