Don, have you had a chance to verify the benefits of installing bottom covers yet? If they can do for grands what back covers do for verticals, I will be very pleased. Mark Cramer, Brandon University -----Original Message----- From: owner-caut@ptg.org [mailto:owner-caut@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Don Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 10:35 PM To: caut@ptg.org Subject: Re: It IS a full time job Hi Wim, I suggest you talk about humidity control and bottom covers for grands and back covers for uprights. At 09:40 AM 11/14/01 -0500, you wrote: >When I first heard about university technicians, I thought to myself, how >can taking care of 75 pianos be considered a full time job. Now, after >three months on the job, I'm asking myself, how in the world can one >technician take care of 75 pianos? > >When I accepted the job here at the University of Alabama, I was looking >forward to spending time some quality with Jan, working in the yard, >playing racquet ball, golfing, taking a weekend to go to the beach, and >doing a few extra tunings. I've been here 3 months, and with only 72 >pianos, I'm already three years behind. I find myself working more than 8 >hours a day, and sometimes more than 5 days a week. What hasn't helped is >that for the past 25 years, the pianos were "tuned" and most of them have >been "repaired," and some have even been "rebuilt," but certainly not up to >university standards. There is lots of catching up to do. > >I am starting to keep track of my hours, so that I don't work more than 40 >hours a week. I am very lucky to have a very appreciative faculty, and an >even more appreciate department chair. I'm left alone, and I can work any >time I want. No time card to punch. My office is next to the piano faculty >studios. It's big enough to rebuild a piano in, with a large window, >overlooking a grass yard, with large trees with squirrels climbing up and >down. And one of the most enjoyable benefits of working at the university >is attending the numerous recitals and concerts by the faculty and >students. (I've not been to a football game, but maybe that will happen >next year.) > > I love my job > >Happy Thanksgiving. > >Wim > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. mailto:drpt@sk.sympatico.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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