complete workload formula, 1a

[Fred Sturm]

Workload Formula (amended, 5/02)
To use the Workload Formula:
1) Choose the Base Workload that best describes the institution. 
2) Assign each piano in the inventory a numerical rating for each of the
seven variables as described below: Condition, Rebuilding Parameters,
Climate Control, Age, Usage, Upright/Grand, and Standard of Maintenance.
3) Calculate the average rating of the inventory for each of the seven
categories. 
4) Find the Recommended Workload according to the formula (Base Workload
x Condition x Rebuilding Parameters x Climate Control x Age x Usage x
Upright/Grand x Standard of Maintenance = Recommended Workload). The
result will be the theoretical number of pianos that one full time
equivalent technician can maintain.
5) Number of pianos at the institution ÷ Recommended Workload = Number
of Technicians needed to maintain the pianos.
(Alternately, 1800 ÷ Recommended Workload = Number of hours service per
piano per year).

Base Workload
40 - conservatories and top performance situations with national
recognition
60 - schools with a performance and education emphasis; schools that are
a part of a larger educational/research institution that ranks
nationally (well-known land grant universities, liberal arts colleges
with strong music programs)
80 - schools with an education emphasis but with strong performance
areas (general land grant institutions, broad based liberal arts
colleges)
100 - general education music departments in institutions where music is
not particularly emphasized or where music does not play a significant
role in campus life; this category also includes public and private
elementary and secondary schools