Working for a College

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 David writes;

>Our piano professor has approached me several times about how terrible the
>tunings on the practice room pianos sound, and won't I please do some
>tunings on the practice room pianos.  Well, the department head has to
>approve every tuning or other repair, and I don't have approval to tune the
>pianos yet.  If I don't get approval, I don't get paid!  (I am beginning to
>see why the pianos are in such bad shape.)  So, I haven't done those tunings
>yet, and now I feel as if I am in a tug of war between the piano professor
>and the department head.

>  What do you do to get the
>attention of the music department that the pianos are all going down hill
>quickly?

Gee,  sounds like there is money to be made here.
1.  Don't be in a tug of war,  tell the piano professor you are ready to tune
all of them, but he must go to talk to the department head.
 2.  Be ready to quote a bid on tuning the entire complement of pianos twice
a year
3.  work up a rough $$ amount that has been invested in the pianos, ( there
is $100,000 in those two D's alone!!),  and then be ready to approach this on
a "protect the investment" basis.  Perhaps explain what the cost will be to
replace them.

You will have to address the ignorance of the department head as to the needs
of the equipment that he is responsible for.

Good Luck,
Ed Foote
Precision Piano Works
Nashville, Tn