It IS a full time job

[Mark Cramer]

Don,

have you had a chance to verify the benefits of installing bottom covers
yet? If they can do for grands what back covers do for verticals, I will be
very pleased.

Mark Cramer,
Brandon University

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-caut@ptg.org [mailto:owner-caut@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Don
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 10:35 PM
To: caut@ptg.org
Subject: Re: It IS a full time job


Hi Wim,

I suggest you talk about humidity control and bottom covers for grands and
back covers for uprights.

At 09:40 AM 11/14/01 -0500, you wrote:
>When I first heard about university technicians, I thought to myself, how
>can taking care of 75 pianos be considered a full time job. Now, after
>three months on the job, I'm asking myself, how in the world can one
>technician take care of 75 pianos?
>
>When I accepted the job here at the University of Alabama, I was looking
>forward to spending time some quality with Jan, working in the yard,
>playing racquet ball, golfing, taking a weekend to go to the beach, and
>doing a few extra tunings. I've been here 3 months, and with only 72
>pianos, I'm already three years behind. I find myself working more than 8
>hours a day, and sometimes more than 5 days a week. What hasn't helped is
>that for the past 25 years, the pianos were "tuned" and most of them have
>been "repaired," and some have even been "rebuilt," but certainly not up to
>university standards. There is lots of catching up to do.
>
>I am starting to keep track of my hours, so that I don't work more than 40
>hours a week. I am very lucky to have a very appreciative faculty, and an
>even more appreciate department chair. I'm left alone, and I can work any
>time I want. No time card to punch. My office is next to the piano faculty
>studios. It's big enough to rebuild a piano in, with a large window,
>overlooking a grass yard, with large trees with squirrels climbing up and
>down. And one of the most enjoyable benefits of working at the university
>is attending the numerous recitals and concerts by the faculty and
>students. (I've not been to a football game, but maybe that will happen
>next year.)
>
> I love my job
>
>Happy Thanksgiving.
>
>Wim
>
>

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

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