David,
That sounds like an excellent situation for both the school and the technician. Schools have freedom, and the technician also has freedom. The technician can contract out what they are not good at or inefficient at. I wish my school would do it this way.
-Mike Jorgensen
David Ilvedson wrote:
> It might be more cost effective for the schools to just lease pianos and hire outside technicians to tune & voice them. Then when the lease expires...5 years or so...get new ones. Few repairs, no rebuilding, no shop space necessary, no health benefits, retirement.. Here at Stanford University, the music dept. does not have a technician on salary, benefits, retirement. Granted, Stanford isn't a big name school of music. All work is contracted out to one technician, who in turn contracts out what he doesn't want to do o several other technicians.
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> David I.
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