guidelines update

[Fred Sturm]

Cauts,
	As part of the effort to produce a revised "Guidelines for Effective
Institutional Piano Maintenance," I am proposing to develop a rather
brief appendix to the document, which will give an idea of actual, real
life conditions in music schools/departments. This is something several
on the caut list have expressed an interest in. It could form part of
the Guidelines, or simply be a supplemental document, available to
CAUT's if they would find it useful. My notion is to acquire raw data
from technicians (ie, you, the reader of this), and to present it as
follows (precise wording to be edited and refined later):

"In 2000/01, the CAUT of the PTG surveyed a large number of music
programs from around the country to determine the actual ratio of pianos
per technician in various situations. The results of this survey are as
follows:

1) Prestigious conservatories

2) Prominent music schools

3) Music departments of national reputation

4) Average of all data collected, including smaller and less
well-endowed institutions."


For each of these categories, I would provide both an average ratio and
a range, and I would list by name institutions included in the first
three categories. The 4th category would include the results of the most
recent caut survey, and well as any other data I might come up with. I
would also add a disclaimer statement noting that circumstances vary
widely from inst. to inst., including age of instruments, whether or not
pianos are rebuilt in-house, and many other factors, and that this
information is simply intended to supplement the guidelines.

Before I broadcast a fairly simple survey to try to gather some of this
data, I'd like to solicit your input and feedback. 

Thanks,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico