[CAUT] bid savvy

[Willem Blees]

Quoting ed440 at mindspring.com:

> I think CAUT might be able to do something worthwhile here. 
> 
> Most of the Universities in my area are saddled with low bid
> requirements.  Some accept bids from anyone with no attempt to
> establish standards.  Others have tried to establish standards and
> found that clever tooners can sneak under the radar.  I know of
> colleges that are pretty much stuck with a self-trained,
> self-certified low bid tooner.
> 
> If CAUT could produce a document "Bid Requirements for Piano
> Maintenance" it might gain acceptance in university circles, and
> would give the music department a reference and a description of
> minimum competancy for the bidding wars.
> 
> Ed Sutton 
> 

Isn't this what the CAUT Committee is already working on? If it isn't, 
can we get a group of us together to do that? (Fred??)

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