Thanks for the info Fred. Yes, I'd say it's time UNM stepped you up to full time. What good is a budget for parts if you have no time to install them? Rick ____________________ Rick Florence Senior Piano Technician Arizona State University School of Music Hi Rick, At UNM (which considers UA and ASU as its peers, though I suspect both Arizona schools consider UNM lower in caliber - and I would agree with the Arizona point of view), we have an inventory I estimate as $1.8 million replacement value. We have a total annual budget of about $100,000, including inventory replacement, salary (with benefits), parts, etc. I am 0.5 FTE taking care of 80 pianos. I consider the budget adequate except for staffing level - can't possibly keep up with tuning, let alone high level maintenance in this amount of time. So I would make a strong case for a $130,000 - $140,000 budget with the needed staffing (1.0 FTE plus maybe a bit of contract tuning). Current budget is 5.5% of inventory value. My recommendation would take that to 7 - 8%. And this is being reasonable and realistic, IMO, and for a non-conservatory setting, middle of the road state institution. The Guidelines give a 5 - 10% range. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico
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