you can pay me now....

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Wim,

I think your approach has value, however if you have 130 pianos with a value 
of only $1.2 million I think there are other issues which can be brought to 
bear.  With those numbers in mind you have a lot of smaller, lower quality or 
worn out pianos which certainly need replacing or rebuilding.  Spending money 
on rebuilding can certainly be justified in most cases from a life expectancy 
perspective.  We can't stop at tuning and regulating.  A rigorous rebuilding 
schedule can actually increase the value of the inventory in an amount 
greater than the cost of rebuilding.  I think, in my very limited experience, 
that is where most schools get themselves in trouble.  They purchase the 
pianos and do virtually nothing but tune them and occasionally regulate them. 
 20 years later they have become, in their myopic view, land fill.  

So if this increased efforts involves a long term rebuilding schedule, 
keeping the value of the inventory from dropping, it is a much more 
justifiable expense, from a strictly cost perspective.

Other benefits could include:

1) Better pianos can attract more and better students.  It is very attractive 
to perspective students to see well maintained instruments in the practice 
rooms.

2) Enhanced prestige for the institution.

Just my 1 cents worth

Andrew Remillard
Nothern Illinois University

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