Guidelines/workload formula

[Wimblees@aol.com]

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In a message dated 2/3/02 10:52:49 PM Central Standard Time, 
skolnik@attglobal.net writes:


> Wim, Fred, et al-
> 
> Can you tell me how many pianos, or how many hours per day of actual tuning 
> time is (as opposed to regulating, repair, coffee, etc.) is figured, either 
> by Wim or by the formula?
> 
> David Skolnik
> 
> 

I will give you my schedule. I would be interested to hear how it compares 
with others out there that are full time. 

My tuning time varies from week to week, but I will give you a run down of 
what I am doing this semester. (I did it different last semester, as it was 
my first time here, and I didn't know how pianos would react. But I have a 
better understanding now. But then this summer, when there are virtually no 
students or professors around, my time will be spent repairing and regulating 
a lot of the faculty pianos)

Once a week I tune the 8 piano faculty grands, the choral opera room D, and 
the recital hall's B. Because of the frequent tuning, each one only takes 
about 15 - 20 minutes or so. Every other week I tune the 8 practice room 
grand pianos, used primarily by the piano majors. Once a month I tune the 
band and jazz band rehearsal rooms, (one in each room), the 7 classroom 
pianos, and the 17 practice room studio pianos. All of these pianos ususally 
take about 30 minutes. Every other month I remind the faculty (other than the 
piano faculty), to remind them to get their piano tuned. This is so I can 
schedule a time when they are not in their room.  (There are 3 faculty 
members for whom I have not tuned their piano since August) On top of that I 
tune the 2 concert hall D's on the average of three times a week. And later 
on, when student recital are happening, I will do the Recital Hall B at least 
twice a week. 

Of course I don't do all the pianos in one week, I schedule them throughout 
the month, so that I will tune an average of 20 pianos a week. I also teach 4 
hours a week. This leaves me about 15 hours a week to do repairs, 
regulations, paper work, etc. As I said earlier, I could work 60 hours a 
week, because all the pianos need work. But I am taking my time, and 
spreading this work out over the next 2 years.  I don't know what will happen 
in two years. Maybe Vince is right and I won't have gotten done. But I'll 
have to wait and see. 

Wim

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