Hello List, Some of you may know that we have just hired a new Dean of the School of Music here at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. As one of the many new hopes and dreams around this place, I'm hoping to increase our staff of two in order to handle the continuing increases in demand for pianos and services here. We've got 231 pianos now, 101 grands and the rest upright. There's just Ron Torrella and myself handling eleven performance venues, five concert Ds, and close to four hundred concerts per year. As you might imagine, I've been asked as part of my proposal for additional staff to take a survey of our main competitor institutions to find out what they've got by way of technical staff and pianos. So, this won't apply to most of you, in which case you can ignore this missive, but I'd like to know about the following institutions and find out anything that any of you can offer: Indiana University at Bloomington Univ. of Illinois at Champagne-Urbana Northwestern University Oberlin College Julliard Conservatory Rice University University of Minnesota Specifically: How many technicians and what are their titles? General duties for each title How many pianos broken down for grand and uprights How many performance venues How many concert pianos Approximate number of concerts per year Wish me luck, good colleagues. This may be my best chance in years to come closer to that ideal tech/piano ratio we're all so fond of striving for...--Bob G. Robert Grijalva Asst. Professor and Director, Piano Technology School of Music Phone: 734-764-6207 e-mail: pianoman@umich.edu
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