Dampp-Chasers in institutional setting

[Michelle Smith]

Ok, I'm sure this will get some chuckles from the crowd but if you  
really have your heart set on the Dampp-Chasers perhaps you could  
talk to the music school about creating a small scholarship for a  
needy student who would be responsible for maintaining them.  Ha Ha  
Ha, I know.  The benefits of this:

1. The pianos get what they need.
2. The student gets the money he/she needs.
3. The piano technician world gets to educate collegiate students  
about what we do.

You'd have to really sell it to the school as a better way to make  
sure the pianos and chasers are being maintained.

Other radical ideas:

--Get PTG to help sponsor the scholarship.  The school of music would  
list the scholarship and PTG would get some advertising.
--Get the Dampp-Chaser people to help sponsor the scholarship.  They  
could then appear friendly and philanthropic.

Just some thoughts from a public school teacher who had to be  
creative about money.

Michelle Smith
Student Tuner
Bastrop, Texas