Public School Systems

[Ron Nossaman]

Hi Avery, curmudgeonliness interspersed.

 They're not looking necessarily for "cheap". They just want to know
>what would be reasonable.

* What would the English Lit. teacher(s) consider reasonable to come in
"after hours" (so's not to interfere with the real work) and do their full
time jobs? 


>    But what "would" be reasonable, both for them and for the tuner? 

* Mutually exclusive, given the $12,000 initial figure. What will be
reasonable for the tuner will prove to be an unpopular reality for the system.


>As far 
>as I'm
>concerned, $40.00 per piano, twice a year, would be rock bottom. Plus extra
>tunings for Christmas concerts and end of year concerts. Plus the cost of
>repairs/rebuilding work. But what would be a reasonable way for them to budget
>the cost of this type of thing? To decide how "much" money to budget?

* Don't they have a history? Unless the entire school system was built last
Tuesday, they already have records of what was done to the pianos every year
for the past xxx years. It should just be a matter of someone stepping a
little outside their minimal job description, getting off their (possibly
collective) butt, and taking the time to tally up the requirements. An
agreed upon hourly rate for repairs, and a per unit rate for tuning, with a
BS penalty for anticipated "no notice" and late night work, should produce
an annual figure that is fairly accurate and reasonable. How does one
estimate any job for any prospective customer?


>Avery





 Ron N