At 06:59 AM 3/2/99 -0500, you wrote: > What is the typical budget for maintenance. If you would, would you please state the >institution (if you don't mind), the number of pianos and the annual dollar >budgeted - not for wages, just parts or sent out jobs. Local music school 20 pianos $0 budgeted for maintenance, It's fix as inexpensively as possible when and if broken. Sometimes one can only patch so much, as with their S&S A. I am currently preparing an L to propose a purchase and trade-in the A. The money involved from them for this transaction would be less than rebuilding the A. Wish me luck. Many times people are surprised to hear that I 'maintain' their pianos because they are in such dismal condition. I'm about to the point where if someone's eyebrows go up one more time on the topic; I will comment how it is just as much their fault as it is mine. Afterall, they do not donate the money for repairs just as I do not donate my time. I've thought about a proposal of placing me on salary , say $500/mo; this way I could wend my way through the mire and get things in order over time. I think I will make that pitch when I propse the A/L deal and see want figure their budget will bear. BTW: A - 6'4" , black, needs r/r b/o (current bid 10K) The more I can get for this, the less $ they need to kick in. Regards, Jon Page Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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