Hi, Terry! In case you are interested, the Ted ..... to which you refer is Ted Sambell. He works in the Banff Centre, which is in Alberta, Canada. His email is ted_sambell@banffcentre.ab.ca . If he is available, he may wish to give you some ideas on times, etc. Sincerely, Tom Dickson, Regina, SK, Canada >From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >Subject: Tracking Shop Hours >Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 10:32:24 -0400 > >This post follows up my post on old upright rebuilding. Does anyone have >any >great tried-and-true methods for tracking shop hours - hours spent on >individual projects - and better yet, broken down into specific tasks. I am >hopelessly (or nearly so) disorganized, and I would rather try to cast a >new >plate in my shop that try to track my hours. How do you organized folks out >there do it? I remember the Journal cover from a-ways back with Ted ...... >(the wonderful dude from England) on the cover standing in front of his >super-neat tool storage in his shop (he can likely tell you it took him >14.7 >hours be build that shelving) - so I know you organized techs exist - you >can't hide. > >It's horrible. I have rebuild a couple pianos and actions, but I still >don't >know how long it takes to rebuild a piano or an action (or at least not a >accurately as I would like). My troubles may be compounded by the fact that >I have my shop structure attached to the back of my garage at home. It is >common for me to walk by, go into the shop, and do 15 minutes of work (glue >on 3 damper felts, glue on a keytop, file 6 hammers, turn 12 capstans, >level >4 keys, etc.), and go back to cooking dinner or scolding the dog. > >Any input??? Thanks. > >Terry Farrell > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
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