Newsletter Topics

[Wolfley, Eric (WOLFLEEL)]

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Hi List,
I was checking out the CAUT website and came across the following list of
topics which were suggested (as replies to a questionnaire) in 1997 as
potential forum topics. As I looked at this list I thought, "Gee, these
would be great potential articles for the newsletter". Here is a great
collection of issues brought forth by fellow CAUT members - maybe even your
own suggestions! How about some articles! Judging from my own experiences,
I'd say that almost everybody could write a book on some of these topics,
and everyone's experiences are different. Let's share so we can learn from
each other. 
Thanks,
Eric

1. The challenges faced by those technicians who perform work under contract
as opposed to those who are on staff. 
2. Staff relations. 
3. Preservation and restoration of historical instruments in college
collections. 
4. Crisis management (damage, poor planning or communication). 
5. Planning for longevity of instruments. 
6. The expanding role of the institutional technician. 
7. Institutional technicians working in other venues than those commonly
addressed i.e.: school systems, large churches, performance halls, studios,
etc. 
8. Round table discussion of pros and cons of lend/lease programs. 
9. Forum on the Guidelines for Effective Institutional Piano Maintenance. 
10. Unequal temperament tuning in the institutional setting. 
11. Teaching piano technology. 
12. Prepared/contemporary use of the piano. 
13. Setting up the CAUT piano shop. 
14. Servicing the high use piano. 
15. Communications with faculty and administration. 
16. Servicing harpsichords, forte pianos and pipe organs. 
17. Dealing with bureaucracy. How to schmooze with faculty and
administrators. 
18. How to effectively schedule maintenance. 
19. Etiquette or liability while working in studios/offices. 
20. Time management. 
21. Communication between piano technicians and piano professors/teachers. 
22. Questions and concerns from the floor. 
23. Strategies for encouraging budget growth. 
24. Dust control in the shop. 
25. Budget constraints for rebuilding programs. 
26. How do different universities address practice room pianos (priorities).

27. Humidity controls and solutions. 
28. Budget proposals. 
29. Lines of communication. 
30. Invite retired administrators. 
31 Funding and strategies 
32. Maintenance schedules and techniques for good practice room maintenance
(strategies). 
33. Ways to raise money for piano service at universities. 
34. Plans for rebuilding/replacement schedules. 
35. Software for keeping records of service, inventory, etc. (See Dearborn
convention report) 
36. Forum with piano professors and technicians. (Worked well at NYSCON 96)
A piano could be set up for demonstration and discussion on tuning,
regulation, voicing, etc.


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Eric Wolfley, RPT
Head Piano Technician
Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music
University of Cincinnati
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