When I took the job at Alabama, they too, did not have a shop, nor any of the tools and equipment, etc. I made a deal with the department chair, which I had to make with each subsequent chair, if they would give me a room to work in, in exchange for bringing my own shop tools, supplies, etc, I would be able to use the shop to do my private rebuilding. I did about a dozen private rebuilds, in addition to numerous action jobs. In fact, last two years there I probably did more private work than school work, since the school didn't give me any money. But that's another subject. Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Mililani, Oahu, HI 808-349-2943 Author of: The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: ron worth <ronald_worth at hotmail.com> To: caut university <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 7:01 am Subject: Re: [CAUT] Position Available I was the last technician there. The problem is the University has provided no (rebuilding) tools, space and shop for any of the pianos. You have to provide tools, space and shop for repairs. I failed to convince the University to supply tools, space and shop. Most of the pianos need shop work, yet there is no shop, space or tools provided for this work. Dr. Parr is aware of this. You can only house call service the instruments so much, then serious rebuilding tools, space and shop is unavoidable and required. I was naive enough to believe I could do the job w ithout the rebuilding tools, space, and shop. It's strange because the Fine Arts College is provided with a fully equipped repair/carpenter shop and space for building their stage props. If you have all the tools, space, and shop, then, and only then do I recommend SFASU. Since the university climate control "problem" appears among 90% of the of the commentary put forth by CAUTS, it will suffice here to say the climate control has been the chief complain of all the technicians who have gone before me here at Stefen F. Austin State University. Ron Worth From: dporritt at mail.smu.edu To: caut at ptg.org Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:50:42 -0500 Subject: Re: [CAUT] Position Available Paul: I have been there a couple of times. I put some new hammers on a D they had in their recital hall as the technician they were using half-time at that time was visually impaired. He was an excellent tuner but has since retired. After he retired they tried to get someone ¾ time, and some other part-time arrangements but I suspect that they had a hard time getting someone to move there for a part time job. Nacogdoches is a nice town, and I have a nephew who graduated from SFA which is a good school. From my observation, now that they have made it an actual full-time position I’d think it would be a good gig. You could pick up extra income from the area as there are not a lot of techs around there. Dr. Parr is a nice man and a good musician.C2 dave David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Paul T Williams Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 4:53 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] Position Available Thanks and this is interesting. When I was interviewing exactly 3 years ago this week, this job became available just as I was asked to interview at UNL. Does anyone know if they ever filled it, the tech didn't work out, didn't like it, etc. I checked out the position and it looked a little less than what I was applying for, but still looked like a fairly decent position and cost of living is average around there (back 3 years ago) I may inform a fellow tech who's toying with the idea of CAUT work, but wondered if any of you know what happened in Nacogdoches. (could it be the spelling of the town :>) ) Paul "Ward & Probst, Inc" <wardprobst at wardprobst.com> Sent by: caut-bounces at ptg.org 06/15/2009 04:46 PM Please respond to caut at ptg.org To <caut at ptg.org> cc Subject [CAUT] Position Available All, I submit the following as a courtesy for anyone who may be interested: Full-time Piano Technician position open at Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas. Annual salary is $40,000 plus benefits. Oppo rtunities for outside work. School of Music has circa 75 pianos: Steinway grands in performance halls and piano faculty studios. For information on job requirements or to apply, visit https://careers.sfasu.edu and search posting number 0600140 or contact Dr. Andrew Parr, search committee chair, at (936) 468-1157 or aparr at sfasu.edu. Best, Dale Dale Probst Registered Piano Technician pres at ptg.org What can you do with the new Windows Live? Find out = -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20090616/d5cec618/attachment.htm>
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