I disagree with this sentiment; that we should limit ourselves purely to technical discussions. It is true our strengths are in the technical field, but that should not limit us in our ability to be involved in the "artistic" decisions of our schools. We are as involved in the musical process as most faculty. It is to our advantage to be considered colleagues as opposed to staff. We have more to offer than solely the service of pianos. If we allow ourselves to be marginalized by not participating in such important decisions, we put ourselves in the position of being thought of as nothing more than piano mechanics. For a group that constantly complains about the lack of pay and respect in our profession, we sure have a strange way of enabling such a position by assuming such a benign existence. ________________________ Rick Florence Senior Piano Technician Arizona State University School of Music -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org on behalf of Richard Brekne Sent: Sat 11/29/2008 12:56 AM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] Steinway... The "Safe" Piano. ... Our "job" in such situations is simply to provide technical assurance that any instrument being considered is serviceable or not. It is not our "job" in any sense of the word to try to influence one way OR the other what our schools decide to purchase beyond that single point. If pressed for a statement of opinion on all these other issues, we should simply provide as balanced and as varied a set of pros and cons about any given type of purchasing approach as our insight into this world of pianos allows us.... and no more. While I am personally a fan of diversity.... I am completely against forwarding my own personal agenda.... or anyones. In the end, its the administration and teachers who have to decide what is all in all best for the school, and there is a lot more involved then just whether a piano is usable or not.... tho to be sure that has to be a part of any bottom line. Cheers RicB -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 3645 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20081130/c54cff4c/attachment.bin>
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