So....what WERE the salaries offered??? Enquiring minds want to know!!! John Minor University of Illinois On Wed, 9 Dec 1998, Jeff Tanner wrote: ]Ron, ]This year I have been through two hiring processes, one in GA and one in ]SC. On both occasions I was told by the dean, when discussing salary, that ]apparently someone higher up in the state (they apparently have someone who ]does nothing but this) did some sort of research and determined the salary ]scale for the university piano technician position according to either some ]kind of average or customary salary scale (those exact qualifications he ]mentioned were used in both job descriptions. The UGA position was ]advertised in the April 98, PT Journal, but the writer of the ad ]incorrectly described the salary as "negotiable" if that tells you ]anything). I don't know how these folks arrived at their conclusion, ]because in both states there was only one such full-time paid position in ]the whole state. ] ]That's all I was told, but if you need more I can ask the dean how much he ]knows. ] ](Maybe we could figure out a way to influence an increase of these averages ]if such do exist? Be nice, huh?) ]Jeff ] ] ] ]>I got this message and thought those of you on the CAUT ]>list might be able to help. Is there information like this ]>available or should I just politely tell him we don't have it? ]> ]>Ron ]> ]> ]>------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- ]>Date sent: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 12:05:44 -0600 ]>From: eddy arnold <warnold@mocha.memphis.edu> ]>Subject: Salary survey information request ]>To: ronberry@iquest.net ]> ]>December 8, 1998 ]> ]>Dear Mr. Berry: ]> ]>I was referred to the Piano Technician's Guild by Mr. Ron Crory, member of ]>the Guild. Currently, I serve on a work team that is compiling salary ]>survey information for the University of Memphis. Mr. Crory suggested that ]>I contact the Guild for salary survey information. ]> ]>Do you have any salary survey information which could help establish the ]>pay scale for the job of a "concert quality" tuner who must attain the ]>"registered craftsman" certification with the Piano Technician's Guild? ]> ]>Sincerely, ]>Eddy Arnold ]>University of Memphis ]>Compensation Project Oversight Council Work Team #2 ]>warnold@cc.memphis.edu ]> ]> ]> ]>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ]>Ron Berry, RPT, Indianapolis, IN ]>ronberry@iquest.net ]>Check out the Piano Page at: ]>http://www.ptg.org/ ]>for great information about Pianos ] ] ]Jeff Tanner, Piano Technician ]School of Music ]University of South Carolina ]Columbia, SC 29208 ](803)-777-4392 (phone) ](803)-777-6508 (fax) ] ]
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