[CAUT] caut Digest, Vol 1090, Issue 3

[Jim Busby]

Paul,

 

With 105 instruments you really should have 3 "budgets"; 

1.	A Maintenance budget (Tuning and such)
2.	A capital budget for a scheduled replacement program
3.	A repair/refinishing/refurbishing budget

 

In the real world that's hard to get... 

 

I would question why it would need 28% of your budget for work on a 25
year old instrument, unless it had a major train wreck! I would call
someone like Margaret Hood for a "second opinion". I don't know what
your budget is but it sounds like either your budget is way too low, or
the repair costs are enormous.

 

Just my two bits. Good luck.

 

Jim Busby BYU

 

 

 

 

 

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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Paul T Williams
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Hi List, 

Some of my greenish hue is starting to wear off on being a CAUT, but on
budget matters with piano faculty, in particular, I shine brighter that
the emerald city!!  We have 105 keyboard instruments here at the
university, one of them being a Belt forte-piano about 25 years old.
The professor who plays it primarily is demanding a major rehabilitation
to it which will require some outside help with my assisting this
outside expert.  The estimated cost of bringing this "expert" in will
take over 28% of my yearly budget.  The instrument is used in concert
6-8 times per year as compared to our 3 Steinway D's, 1 concert Baldwin
and 3 Steinway B's which are used constantly. 

Some of the other faculty are up in arms about using the piano budget
and insist that this is a "special project" and should use "special
funds" like grants and the like.  Of course I agree strongly both ways!
It is a university instrument, so it should use university funds.  On
the other hand it is used so infrequently, that I can't see using a huge
slice of my pie.  On the third hand, one of my responsibilities is to
see to it that all instruments are happy. 

Having such a limited budget as I do, if I had to replace a good quality
grand, (not even concert level), I would be spending far more than one
year's budget, leaving all other instruments on hold until next year
whatever the need may be.INCLUDING the concert instruments. 
So I ask for a bit of seasoned advise from you all.  How have you
handled such delemmas? Thanks for your help. 

Here I am, stuck in the middle with you..... 

Paul T. Williams RPT 
University of Nebraska-Lincoln 

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