I didn't see the 51K. Yeah, this will be a bear of a job! I'll bet a lot (most) of those uprights are Bostons and the "lesser" brand. I'm now even more happy with my 110....split about 50/50 with uprights and grands, and we only have one new Disklavier in the last year.(Really nice one!..easy to break in!) The rest are pretty stable Steinways/Yamahas/ and mixed stuff. OK; some(many) are getting old, but I'm keeping them up/rebuilding, etc to good condition. They didn't mention how many harpsichords, fortepianos, pedal-clavs, clavs, verginals and other oddities they probably have. Even with stable (for the most part) pianos, 110 is still overwhelming and I can't get a part time assistant. I hesitate to find a student, as I would have to take 10-15 hours/week to train them. We have no budget anyway to pay them, so they would have to learn on the fly with no pay. Not a good possibility. Especially with new students, I would have to go in and re-fix what they do so the pianos work .All pianos get used daily. I teach a spring semester class that usually has 4-6 students, and my follow up time on their "pre-educated" mistakes also takes time so that they're all ready to play for practicing students. My "dream" is to have a well qualified apprentice to take care of practice rooms 15 hours/week, enduring my vigors for excellence, while he/she oversees a couple student techs. No bucks/no luck here, sadly. I know some of you have a nice program going, so I'm wondering how it got started? Best, Paul From: tannertuner <tannertuner at bellsouth.net> To: caut at ptg.org Date: 07/19/2010 01:44 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Position announcement, James Madison University Whew! 144 pianos, nearly all new, All-Steinway, whopping $51K a year. In 8-10 years, the pianos will have deteriorated, even if Samantha Stevens was the tech, to the point the faculty will think the tech is lazy and doing nothing. Wouldn't wish this job on my worst enemy! Best to all, Jeff Tanner --- On Mon, 7/19/10, Scott E. Thile <scott.thile at murraystate.edu> wrote: > From: Scott E. Thile <scott.thile at murraystate.edu> > Subject: [CAUT] Position announcement, James Madison University > To: caut at ptg.org > Date: Monday, July 19, 2010, 11:15 AM > Hello folks, > > This announcement came in for posting on the CAUT website: > > James Madison University, ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PIANO > TECHNICIAN > > James Madison University is seeking an experienced and well > qualified piano > tuner and technician. The School of Music has an inventory > of approximately > 144 Steinway pianos, including approximately 48 grands. JMU > has been an > "All-Steinway" School since 2005, and the vast majority of > the inventory has > been purchased since that time. Thus, the current condition > of nearly the > entire inventory is either new or almost new. > > The successful applicant should have significant training > and expertise, in > maintenance, tuning, rebuilding and repairs of grand > pianos. Steinway > certification and training in these areas is a very big > plus. Secondarily, > the applicant should have experience in the tuning of and > minor repairs on > upright pianos. The applicant should have a minimum of 5 > years full-time > experience, either as an institutional/corporate > technician/tuner or in > private practice, and should also have ability to work > quickly and > precisely, and to communicate well with faculty and staff > members. > > This is a full-time staff position. Because JMU has an > active piano faculty > and because the School of Music hosts a heavy performing > schedule of > student, faculty, and guest concerts, the primary focus of > this position to > maintain at the highest level the performing pianos and > piano faculty studio > pianos. Money is available for help with tuning uprights > and practice room > pianos. > > James Madison University and its School of Music are > located in the > beautiful and historic Shenandoah Valley of northwestern > Virginia, and about > 120 miles from both Washington, DC and Richmond. JMU is a > nationally > top-ranked comprehensive state university, with very high > admission > standards, that draws out-of-state students from around the > country, and > especially from the Northeast. This past year there were > 22,000 applications > for 4,000 freshman/transfer positions. JMU has a full-time > faculty of about > 900, and about 17,000 full-time students. The School of > Music has 45 > full-time and 20 part-time faculty members, and 450+ > majors. The School also > has highly selective admissions; this year 455 students > auditioned for the > 110 freshman positions. The School offers B.M., M.M., and > D.M.A. degrees, > and is housed in a modern music building with extensive and > appropriate > practice, rehearsal and office space, and modern musical > and technological > equipment. The new $95 million Forbes Center for > Performing, which for the > School contains two recital/concert halls and additional > office, rehearsal > and practice facilities, has just opened. James Madison > University has the > largest and most prestigious public university music > program in Virginia, > and the School of Music's director is always Virginia's > representative to > the National Association of Music Executives at State > Universities (NAMESU). > The School of Music is an All-Steinway School, and has its > own concert > series at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. > > Submit a letter of application, a current CV, and a list of > five references > to: Piano Technician Search Committee, School of Music, > James Madison > University, 880 S. Main St., MSC 7301, Harrisonburg, VA > 22807. The search > process will continue until the position is filled, but > priority screening > will begin on July 23, 2010. Log onto https://joblink.jmu.edu and complete > an application. Candidacy is not active until this step is > completed. James > Madison is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity > employer, and especially > encourages applications from minorities, women, and persons > with > disabilities. > > For further information on this position, contact the head > of the piano > department, Prof. Eric Ruple, at rupleek at jmu.edu > > -------------------- > Scott E. Thile > Piano/Instrument Technician > --------------------------- > Dept. of Music, Murray State University > 504 Fine Arts Building, Murray, KY 42071 > Office Phone: 270-809-4396 > http://campus.murraystate.edu/staff/scott.thile/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100719/c2120c85/attachment-0001.htm>
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