Fred, I'd already changed a few of the 'F'airs to 'P'oors to see what would happen. Here are my totals currently: Number of pianos - 133 Workload - 116.042 Techs needed - 1.146 Workload factor - 60 Condition - 0.970 Quality - 1.133 Climate - 1.293 Age - 0.831 Usage - 1.137 Standards - 1.497 Uprights - 54 Grands - 79 Is this what you wanted? Avery > A couple questions occurred to me after sending my last post. First, >what "base workload" did you enter? (I would expect 40 to 60 for what I >know of your institution). Second, would you post the averages for each >factor? And this applies to anyone posting results - helps to identify >where there may be individual oddities that might skew results (like a >very new inventory, which is also presumably in excellent condition). >Thanks, >Fred > >Avery Todd wrote: >> >> Fred and List, >> >> Hope everyone enjoyed the convention and learned a lot. Since I >> wasn't able to go this year, I decided to use some time (finally) >> to enter the data into the CAUT Guidelines thing. >> >> For those of you who have done this, I have a question. >> >> After entering everything, the techs needed came to 1.125, using >> the box totals on the side of the Excel worksheet. Considering >> the number of pianos (133), the condition of about 20 Steinway >> L's and a few Yamaha (most all 1970's) and our recital/performance >> load, I'm sure that number should be higher. >> >> I think the reason it came out this way is because in the Condition >> category, I put the 1970's Steinways and Yamahas in the Fair >> category because I feel they don't need a new soundboard yet. Or >> even a new pin block in most instances. However, they do need >> everything else, including restringing. >> >> My question is should I change all those into the poor category >> since that's the only place where restringing is mentioned? >> >> What are your thoughts/suggestions about this? Thanks. >> >> Avery >> University of Houston
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