Guidelines Question

David M. Porritt dm.porritt@verizon.net
Tue Jul 2 15:45 MDT 2002


Avery:

What do you have under "workload factor" on the sheet?  That makes a
lot of difference.  In a performance school like yours, with DMAs
etc. I'd think you'd want that down around 40 - 60.  Play with that
number a little and see what happens.

dave

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On 7/2/02 at 9:38 AM 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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David M. Porritt
dporritt@mail.smu.edu
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275
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