Hi Jeff, I have been where you are and also where the students are. Practise room pianos are just that. They are not performance instruments. So how is the student supposed to learn on *budget* oriented pianos? Where the *buck* determines the level of service? Ask for the resources, and don't stick around if they don't want to do it *right*. Some one has to tell them where the *buck* stops. The only downside to private practise in our field is lack of benefits. I cringe when I hear of *very* good and well respected tuners not being able to buy a home for example. Personally I have done well in private practise. Due do applying the adage "either the customer pays or the tuner pays". So what is the N E A? Ask your employer for a living wage and enough resources to do your job effectively. If you don't who will? At 04:23 PM 08/18/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Don, comments interspersed. > >>Hi all, >> >>So who *exactly* is being served--the staff or the student? > <snip> If taxpayers and donors get the idea >that what they are paying for is becoming a bottomless pit without obvious >benefits being realized, then they may eventually begin to second guess >future investments. (Three letters: N E A) > >> If it is the >>staff, then the current mode of operation is *just fine*. If it is the >>student then what we have is a very poor environment where students are >>encourged to *NOT* practise. > >This is why they are provided with keys to practice rooms with good to >excellent quality pianos which are maintained as well as budget allows. Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts drose@dlcwest.com http://donrose.htmlplanet.com/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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