new to list - inquiry

[Carol R. Beigel]

Thank you very much, Scott and Dave.  I vaguely remember that guidelines
existed, but I'm in such a panic I couldn't find them!  These are exactly
what I was looking for!

I went into this proposal "thing" telling the folks who hired me, that I was
only interested if both "they" and the "university" were going to set it up
right.  I didn't want to be part of anything that diminshed assets and would
be underbid from the start.  I just figured this was a good opportunity to
offer the right kind of education to my clients, who after all, want to be
educated on how to do this right!

I want to stress maintenance, a parts budget, and technician time needed for
proper maintenance.  I'm also of the opinion, since the new practice rooms
are not even designed yet, that it would be nice if some of them were large
enough to accomodate baby grand practice pianos.  It seems to me that no
matter what quality of upright piano you subject to hard practice, the pins
eventually "walk" out the action.

How do you guys feel about using  grands instead of uprights for practice
pianos?

Carol Beigel, RPT






----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Thile <scott.thile@murraystate.edu>
To: <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: new to list - inquiry


> Hi Carol,
>
> Check out the "Guidelines for Effective Institutional Piano Maintenance"
on
> the CAUT web site:
>
> http://www.mursuky.edu/caut.php/homepage.htm
>
> The direct link to the guidelines is:
>
> http://www.mursuky.edu/caut.php/guidlines_pg.htm
>
> There are also a couple of files available for download (one for Excell
and
> one for FileMaker Pro).  If you have one of these programs the files will
> help you calculate the tech hours needed based on information about the
> pianos and performance expectations.  There is also a formula in the
> Guidelines document you can use to do this manually based on the same
criteria.
>
> Here is a brief excerpt for you to get you started:
>
> "As stated in the introduction, the College and University Technicians'
> Committee of the Piano Technicians Guild recommends a ratio of one
> full-time technician for every forty to sixty pianos in performance
> oriented institutions. For typical non-performance institutions, a ratio
of
> one full-time technician for every sixty to eighty pianos is recommended.
> To facilitate an understanding of why these recommended ratios are
> desirable, we have provided the following outline and description of some
> general standards for piano maintenance required in institutional
settings: "
>
> I think you will want to have the entire document to help justify your
> position though.  A nice published copy is available from the HO fir $5,
> but you can print out either the HTML or .PDF versions from the web site
if
> you need them for your presentation tomorrow.
>
> We are in the process of revising the guidelines right now, but plugging
> the data for your situation into the formula as it exits now will be a
> really good starting point.
>
> Hope it all goes well for you,
> Scott
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