Wim, Are you sure that the formula comes out to about 1 tech for your school? The workload formula does account for "outsourcing," but the piano condition data, age, etc. needs to be factored into the formula. I am guessing the formula would suggest about one tech for every 20-40 pianos if the instruments are in poor repair. Whether the work is vended or performed by the school's tech(s), the formula should provide a good idea of the workload required, including the major repairs and rebuilding. I am curious about how your numbers work out with all the numbers crunched. Maybe do the numbers "before and after" the catching up? I have a similar situation at a small CSU school, 22 pianos, 2 harpsichords; I just finished the report. They need to do some catching up too, and it remains to be seen how they will do it - the dean is working on it now. They won't hire a full time tech for a just a couple years of catching up, so the best solution for them is to vend the extra work rather than work it into a job description. Bill Shull In a message dated 2/1/02 9:51:08 AM Pacific Standard Time, Wimblees@aol.com writes: << I don't understand what you are asking. I was being a little facetious about demanding an additional .1 technician. But the formula you came up with was an excellent way of showing how many pianos one technician can take care of. If you can get enough surveys together to show that it takes one technician per 70 pianos, perhaps CAUT can use that information to persuade music schools to hire the right number of technicians for their school. Wim >>
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