If you do a substantial amount of institutional work, whether as an employee or on a contract basis, please fill out this short questionnaire. Simply copy it into the body of an email, and insert answers. Additional details are welcome. Please respond to <fssturm@unm.edu> rather than to the caut list, so as to keep from overloading everybody. Thanks! 1) Name of your institution. 2) Would you describe this institution as a) Prestigious conservatory b) Prominent music school c) Music department of national reputation d) Average music department or other 3) Total number of pianos (Optional: Number of grands Number of uprights Number of other (Harpsichords, etc)) 4) Total number of full time equivalent technicians (One full time equivalent equals approximately 2000 hours/year. If you are a contract tech, please figure your response on that basis, or give approximate number of hours per year. If you work on "per service" rather than per hour basis, give a reasonable estimate) 5) Your assessment of the overall condition of the pianos at your institution, and the adequacy of care they receive. a) Excellent b) Good c) Adequate d) Barely adequate e) Inadequate If you have the time and inclination, please answer as many of the following questions as you can as well: 6) Average age of grand pianos a) 0 - 20 years b) 21 - 40 years c) 41 - 60 years d) Over 60 7) Average age of uprights a) 0 - 15 years b) 16 - 30 years c) 31 - 45 years d Over 45 years 8) Humidity fluctuation within facility a) Within 20% b) Within 40% c) Within 60% d) Over 60% 9) Fairly extensive rebuilding is done "in-house" as part of work load. y/n 10) Substantial rebuilding is contracted out (in addition to any work done in-house) y/n 11) Average annual budget for purchase of new pianos. 12) Approximate replacement value of piano inventory. Thanks for your help in providing this information. Fred Sturm University of New Mexico
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