[CAUT] caut Digest, Vol 1090, Issue 3

[Jim Busby]

Hi,

 

Create a "need" and sell it to someone in power. Squeak the wheel a bit,
but not too much. Find out who the key "money" person is in the powers
that be and sell it to him/her. If you don't have such skills find some
"mover and shaker" to do this for you. 

 

Case in point; Snow College, Ephraim Utah is an all Steinway school. ONE
person decided (not me, btw) that it should be and found the donors. He
could sell ice to Eskimos. He did it and now the whole community is
proud of the College. Not only did he do that but he also demanded that
"since we have these wonderful instruments we MUST have a budget to keep
them up", etc.  

 

Sometimes ones talent lies not in "doing" something but rather in the
ability to find and work with those who can do it. 

 

JB

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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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Subject: Re: [CAUT] caut Digest, Vol 1090, Issue 3

 


Hi Jim, 

How does one exactly push the door open farther once it is in? 

And to all,  Thanks for such a great response to my questions.  It is
helping out already!  The Music Director will return from an out-of-town
trip Thursday, so I am getting prepared! 
Paul 



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Right on Chris! Wim, you absolutely need to get a budget - some kind of
budget, then once your foot is in the door push to increase it. Use
other institutions as examples (without whining). 

Jim Busby BYU 

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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Willem Blees
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 9:55 AM
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Subject: Re: [CAUT] caut Digest, Vol 1090, Issue 3

Quoting Chris Solliday <solliday at ptd.net>:

> This is all well and good but without addressing the bigger picture
> it is
> doomed like trying use a watering can to put out a fire (better be a
> very
> small fire). This program needs a realistic budget and along with
> that will
> come more respect for the tech.
> Chris Solliday

In defense of my approach, the problem I face is that I have no 
budget. I have been asking for one for five years. The only time I got 
any money was when we had a new chair, and she didn't know I was not 
allowed to use money from a certain fund. I replaced hammers etc, on 
the pianos I thought needed them the most, only to find that is not 
what they wanted. 

So now, with no budget, whenever there is a need, I go to the piano 
area chair and the department chair and lay the problem on the table. 
I do give them a figure of what it will cost, but other than that, I 
leave the decision entirely up to them. 

Wim
Willem Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
School of Music
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL USA




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