Tracking Shop Hours

[Tom Dickson]

Hi, Terry!

   In case you are interested, the Ted ..... to which you refer is Ted 
Sambell.  He works in the Banff Centre, which is in Alberta, Canada.  His 
email is ted_sambell@banffcentre.ab.ca .  If he is available, he may wish to 
give you some ideas on times, etc.

Sincerely,
Tom Dickson,
Regina, SK, Canada



>From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Subject: Tracking Shop Hours
>Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 10:32:24 -0400
>
>This post follows up my post on old upright rebuilding. Does anyone have 
>any
>great tried-and-true methods for tracking shop hours - hours spent on
>individual projects - and better yet, broken down into specific tasks. I am
>hopelessly (or nearly so) disorganized, and I would rather try to cast a 
>new
>plate in my shop that try to track my hours. How do you organized folks out
>there do it? I remember the Journal cover from a-ways back with Ted ......
>(the wonderful dude from England) on the cover standing in front of his
>super-neat tool storage in his shop (he can likely tell you it took him 
>14.7
>hours be build that shelving) - so I know you organized techs exist - you
>can't hide.
>
>It's horrible. I have rebuild a couple pianos and actions, but I still 
>don't
>know how long it takes to rebuild a piano or an action (or at least not a
>accurately as I would like). My troubles may be compounded by the fact that
>I have my shop structure attached to the back of my garage at home. It is
>common for me to walk by, go into the shop, and do 15 minutes of work (glue
>on 3 damper felts, glue on a keytop, file 6 hammers, turn 12 capstans, 
>level
>4 keys, etc.), and go back to cooking dinner or scolding the dog.
>
>Any input??? Thanks.
>
>Terry Farrell
>
>


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