TEMPO PIANO ROOM
4/216 Albion Street Brunswick
Tempo Piano Room on Insta

ABOUT THE SPACE
Tempo Piano Room is a rehearsal/practice space around the corner from Tempo Rubato. It is $25 for an hour, $40 for two consecutive hours, $175 for a block of 10 hours (which you can use at any time). There is a Beale baby grand, four chairs, four music stands and space for a quartet. There are no facilities in the space (toilet, tap etc), it’s just for playing acoustic music.

HOW TO BOOK
Follow the link above to make a booking. They’re called ‘appointments’ on the booking system, you can think of your booking as an appointment with the piano. There are options for one or two hours. To book a longer block of time, just select ‘Add a Time…’. To make a recurring booking, select ‘Recurring…’ To lock in your selection and pay, select ‘Continue>>’. You can make a booking up to 30 days in advance.

BUY SOMEONE A GIFT VOUCHER TO USE THE PIANO ROOM
Vouchers are available for a one hour session, a two hour session, or a block of 10 hours of sessions. You can buy them here.

HOW TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE SPACE
You’ll receive an email before your booking with a code to open the door. Please make sure that you enter the correct email address and phone number when you make your booking. The code will be active for the time of your booking, you can come and go as you like during that time. Please always make sure the door is closed when you leave the space, it will automatically be locked (from the outside) whenever it is closed. The door is always open from the inside.
If you haven’t received your code and your booking is under an hour away, please email us to let us know - temporubato.office@gmail.com.

USING THE SPACE
If you need anything beyond the piano, four chairs and four stands, you need to bring it with you. Please take everything with you at the end, including any rubbish. No animals (sorry). No food/drink (sorry again). And please leave the room in the same way that you found it.

BATHROOM FACILITIES
There are no facilities in the room, it is intended for short visits. If you do need a bathroom, you are welcome to come to Tempo Rubato if we’re open. Alternatively, there are public toilets in Bulleke-bek Park, about 100m south down the bike park.

LIGHTS AND ELECTRICITY
The lights are always on. You can alter the dimmer as you want. but there is no switch to turn them off. There are two electrical outlets. Both have a timer button above them, you need to press the button for the plug to be live, they turn off automatically after an hour. If you need them to continue, just press the button again. There is a standing light in the room, for the piano. Plug it in, with the white button pressed, and the switch for the light itself is on the side of the top of it.

THE FAN
We recommend you run the fan for a few minutes at the beginning and end of your session, with the door open. The switch is on the wall and you need to press the white button adjacent to it to activate the electricity. Please turn it off before you leave. Don’t stress if you forget, however, the white button means that it will turn off by itself after an hour or so, like the electrical outlets.

THE HEATER
There is a heater in the space. Just plug it in and turn the powerpoint on to start it, there is no switch on the heater itself. To activate the electrical plug, just press on the white button above it. The heater is quite powerful, you probably won’t need it on for long. Please remember to turn it off at the end. If you forget, just let us know. It does turn off automatically after a spell, but if we know and we’re around, we’ll pop down to turn it off.

WIFI
There is wifi in the space. If you would like to use it, send us an email before your booking and we’ll send you the details - temporubato.office@gmail.com.

RESCEDULING/CANCELLATIONS
You can’t get a refund for a booking. BUT… you can reschedule it, any time up to 24 hours before it was due to happen.

MASSIVE THANKS
The beautiful piano that we have in the room was donated by Julie Kantor. The whole idea was borne from this donation, we thank her enormously for her generous gesture.

HOW TO GET THERE

Tempo Piano Room is on the bike path between Albion Street and Florence Street, Brunswick, opposite Anstey Train Station. If you are coming from Florence Street, walk north along the bike path, towards Albion Street, you will walk past a vacant block on your right, and Tempo Piano Room is the second door on your right after that. There is a signage out front and you’ll see the piano when you look inside.

HAVE FUN!! :)