[CAUT] piano purchases

[rwest1 at unl.edu]

Jim Busby's comment about buying in quantity to get a good price made  
me wonder why colleges/universities don't work together to get the  
same kind of deals that Jim is talking about.  Why don't the big  
conferences (Big 12, Big 10, SEC, etc) agree to share purchasing of  
common items the conferences all need?  It would be a win-win  
situation.  Schools would get a discount and manufacturers would sell  
pianos.  Maybe such program already exist but not directed toward  
schools of music.

Richard West