Guidelines comments

[Wimblees@aol.com]

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First of all, thank you Fred and Bill for putting together this Guideline. 
This document will go a long way towards helping universities cope with the 
piano maintenance problem. 

In reviewing this plan, there is one thing that I keep looking for. Perhaps 
it's in there, but I can't find it. What I am looking for is perhaps the same 
thing university administrators might be looking for, and that is a cost vs 
longevity ratio. 

What I mean is, if a university spends x number of dollars on inventory, and 
spends x number of dollars on a technician to maintain this inventory, how 
long can the inventory be expected to last? And what would happen to the 
inventory if the university spends less on maintenance? How much sooner will the 
inventory need to be replaced?

The workload formula tells an administrator how many technicians are needed 
for the number of pianos the school has. But let's say a school needs 2.5 
technicians for its inventory. What will the effect be on that inventory if only 1 
full time technician is hired? How much more will it cost them in the long 
run?

I realize this might not be something that can be predicted, but maybe we can 
give it a shot. The other problem we might run into is a disturbing piece of 
information I learned last year. Unfortunately, what I found out is that even 
within the music department, much less the university in general, most 
professors, and even the chair of the department, don't care what happens 20 or 40 
years from now. Most only care about what happens next year. Will they have 
enough money for their pet project, or scholarships, and will they get the raise 
they were promised? Most of them would rather spend $10,000 now on scholarships 
for next year's students, to justify their teaching schedule, than $10,000 
for parts for the pianos so they will last another 20 years. 

So I realize that providing the information I am looking for might not do any 
good, but I think this is the kind of information a school would need to 
adequately protect their inventory.  

Wim 


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