Guidelines/workload formula

[JBairdRPT@cs.com]

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Fred,
 
I started on this more than two months ago, then had to drop it. Your recent 
appeal got me going again. I will soon be sending you David Porritt's 
completed Excel spreadsheet that incorporates the Workload Formulas, for the 
74 pianos at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. Here are the 
calculated numbers from the spreadsheet, and then a couple of notes and 
comments.

PORRITT SPREADSHEET RESULTS:

Number of pianos:   74
Workload:   117.388
Technicians needed: 0.630
    
Workload factor:    60
    
    
Average Condition   1.162
Average Quality 1.154
Average Climate 0.830
Average Age 1.146
Average Usage   0.993
Average Standards   1.473
Uprights    46
Grands  28

NOTES & COMMENTS
Of the 74 pianos, 45 are only 3 years old.

The number of technician needed is .63, which seems fairly realistic given 
that, because of budget constraints, many practice rooms and some instrument 
teaching studios are rated only "fair" in the "acceptable standards" 
catetgory. 

In the year 2000, based on 210 work days/yr and 8 hrs/day we had only a .25 
full time technician, so .63 would more than double the attention our pianos 
are getting.

The Steinway spreadsheet and the original Guidelines formula both had us 
needing 1.8 technicians. I don't want to say that is an incorrect number, but 
it wasn't ever going to happen, either.

Thanks for all your work on this.

John

John Baird, RPT
Registered Piano Technician
Millikin University
Decatur, Illinois

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