[CAUT] Shop clean-up

[reggaepass at aol.com]

Eric & List,



The benefits of visiting another institution are plentiful for both host and guest. I think this holds particularly true for a friendly one-on-one visit (our three hours together covered lots of ground and ended with beer-in-hand talk of going canoeing together sometime).  I am glad to share the "customizations" of what I do in this specific situation, and I definitely benefited from some of Eric's observations, often things that I would probably notice, were I to see them in unfamiliar setting, but tend to go unnoticed in my own backyard.




Anyone who plans to be in my area (northern Los Angeles County) is welcome to visit...just let me know as far in advance as possible (summer is generally better than during the school year).




Cheers,




Alan


-----Original Message-----
From: Wolfley, Eric (wolfleel) <WOLFLEEL at ucmail.uc.edu>
To: College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 9:14 am
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Shop clean-up

























Alan,



 



Don’t worry, I was able to see what an organized and efficient shop
space you have even though it was exploded out into adjoining rooms and the
hall. Thanks for the tour! An organized and clean work-space will promote efficient
and quality work and now, due to seeing your gleaming floor and walls, I feel
shamed into doing a thorough cleaning here. The photos are a great idea as
well!



 



I’d also like to encourage everyone to take advantage of any
opportunity to visit other institutions to see how things are done there and investigate
other technician’s situations. There is always something to be learned which
will benefit you, improve the quality of your work  and perhaps make life a
little bit easier.



 



Thanks again, Alan!



 



Eric



 



Eric
Wolfley, RPT



Director
of Piano Services



College-Conservatory
of Music



University
of Cincinnati






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Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 6:40 PM

To: caut at ptg.org

Subject: [CAUT] Shop clean-up






 



List,






There
are many things that we do (or ought to do) out of consideration for our
health.  As we become better informed--and older--the list of what we can
in our work to, shall we say, "Reduce the rate of decay" of our
bodies grows longer.  In addition to dust masks and goggles, hearing
protection and key beaters and the like, there is one very low-tech thing you
can do to make your work environment a healthier place to be: Give the
shop a thorough cleaning every year or two!











Eric Wolfley, Director of Piano Services at Cincinnati Conservatory of
Music, visited my digs at CalArts last week.  I warned him that we
were in the midst of a multiple day piano shop clean-up.  First, we remove
everything that makes a footprint in the shop and is not bolted down, storing
these items in a secure room that we have reserved for at least two days. 
Next, we clean off each exposed shelf (i. e., not inside cabinets), taking the
items from the shelf outside of the shop to blow them off with compressed air.
At the same time, tops of light fixtures and cabinets--basically, any
horizontal surface that can catch dust--also gets cleaned.  The floor gets
cleaned and waxed  (in this case, linoleum) by the custodial
crew overnight.  Then we reload the shop, blowing off everything before it
returns to our hallowed space, down to the scrap wood.











Having done this most years for some time now, I have refined the process by
organizing the shop FIRST and then taking both marco and micro digital images
of how things are to be put back.  Print out 8 1/2 x 11 on cheap paper and
hand the appropriate prints to whomever is working a particular area.
 This is much quicker and more accurate than answering, "Where do you
want this?" umpteen times over.



Oh yea, you might want to make a pact with yourself to be sure to not let
everything back in the shop that came out.  If you are anywhere close to
being  pack-rat that I am, this may prove to be a bit traumatic.  But in
its own way, it is just as healthy as getting rid of all that dust.











Poor Eric, he had to use his imagination (aided by our photo gallery) to be
able to picture our shop in all of its functional glory.









 









FWIW,



Alan Eder









California
Institute of the Arts






 






















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