How will you spend your Thanksgiving break?
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.
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The NYU Pipes and Drums Band calls itself one of the only university-operated Scottish piping organizations in the country. But NYU is forcing the group to move within the next few weeks because the university is finishing building renovations. Band members do not know where they will practice in the future.
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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."
