Re: Piano Database Joe - We use Filemaker at UCSD and it's great! Debra On 9/5/07, caut-request at ptg.org <caut-request at ptg.org> wrote: > > Send caut mailing list submissions to > caut at ptg.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > caut-request at ptg.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > caut-owner at ptg.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of caut digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Piano database (Mark Dierauf) > 2. tax code (Chris Solliday) > 3. Re: tax code (Wimblees at aol.com) > 4. Re: Piano database (Alan McCoy) > 5. Re: tax code (Alan Crane) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Mark Dierauf <pianotech at nhpianos.com> > To: College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org> > Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:01:16 -0400 > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Piano database > I use SprintDB, which runs on the Window Mobile platform (pocket pc) and > reads/writes MS Access tables. It's a roll your own solution, so I > wouldn't recommend it unless you're comfortable around MS Access, but it > has the advantage of maintaining a copy of the DB on my desktop, where > it's handy for generating reports, etc. and in my pocket while I make my > rounds. SprintDB is also pretty cheap - only about $75 for the ppc plus > the desktop companion, which make designing and building your DB much > easier. It's also a very robust little app, and includes support for > subforms, which most or all of the other pocket db programs seem to lack. > > - Mark Dierauf > > Joe Wiencek wrote: > > <div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed">Hi list, > > Does anyone out there have special or preferred software for managing > > pianos at universities? A few techs and I just got hold of 52 pianos > > at NYU and the previous techs keep poor and inaccurate records. Any > > suggestions? > > Thanks, > > > > Joe Wiencek, RPT > > jwpiano at earthlink.net > > > > tel: 551 358 4006 > > > > > > </div> > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Chris Solliday" <solliday at ptd.net> > To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org> > Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 12:57:01 -0400 > Subject: [CAUT] tax code > We use # 541990, Other professions, scientific, and technical services. > Sounds like it, doesn't it? > > Chris Solliday > NERVP > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Wimblees at aol.com > To: caut at ptg.org > Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 12:59:00 EDT > Subject: Re: [CAUT] tax code > In a message dated 9/5/07 6:55:52 A.M. Hawaiian Standard Time, > solliday at ptd.net writes: > > We use # 541990, Other professions, scientific, and technical services. > Sounds like it, doesn't it? > > Chris Solliday > NERVP > > Wonder what the tax code is for magician? > Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT > Piano Tuner/Technician > Honolulu, Hawaii > > > > ------------------------------ > Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL.com<http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982> > . > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Alan McCoy <amccoy at mail.ewu.edu> > To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org> > Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:22:38 -0700 > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Piano database > Hi, > > A newer version of this database has been recently uploaded. I constantly > work on my own copy of this to suit myself as it is easy to customize. > It's > free for your use and you can customize it to suit your own needs. You > will > need Filemaker 7 or above to use it though. > > I still use Access (15 years) for my private business and SprintDB for my > mobile use. If I had it to do all over again, I would definitely use > Filemaker. It is much easier to use than Access and plenty robust, IMO. > > Alan > > -- Alan McCoy, RPT > Eastern Washington University > amccoy at mail.ewu.edu > 509-359-4627 > > > > From: Ken Zahringer <ZahringerK at missouri.edu> > > Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" < > caut at ptg.org> > > Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:46:15 -0500 > > To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org> > > Conversation: [CAUT] Piano database > > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Piano database > > > > Hey, Joe, > > > > Download Alan McCoy's Filemaker database off the CAUT website. It's at > > http://ptg.org/caut.php/resource.htm You'll need to buy Filemaker 7 if you > > don't already have it. I've been using this for three years and I love > it. > > It's all set up and ready to go, plus it's easy to customize is you need > to. > > > > Regards, > > Ken Z. > > > > > > On 9/4/07 9:28 PM, "Joe Wiencek" <jwpiano at earthlink.net> wrote: > > > >> Hi list, > >> Does anyone out there have special or preferred software for managing > >> pianos at universities? A few techs and I just got hold of 52 pianos > >> at NYU and the previous techs keep poor and inaccurate records. Any > >> suggestions? > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Joe Wiencek, RPT > >> jwpiano at earthlink.net > >> > >> tel: 551 358 4006 > >> > > > > -- > > Ken Zahringer, RPT > > University of Missouri > > School of Music > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Alan Crane <alan.crane at wichita.edu> > To: College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>, College and > University Technicians <caut at ptg.org> > Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:57:12 -0500 > Subject: Re: [CAUT] tax code > At 11:57 AM 9/5/2007, Chris Solliday wrote: > >We use # 541990, Other professions, scientific, and technical services. > > This is what I've always used as well. > > > > Regards, > > Alan B. Crane, RPT > School of Music > Wichita State University > alan.crane at wichita.edu > > > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > -- Debra Feiger, RPT 619-991-0993 debra at LadyTuner.com www.LadyTuner.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20070905/f82dd4b8/attachment.html
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