Ric, I like the options idea for Jeff. Perhaps I'm slow but I'm not following your pricing formula. price x amount of dollars? Price of parts multiplied by what amount? Especially option two with the Yamaha prehung. Can you explain a little more, since pricing appropriately sure does make or break us. I have been figuring the cost of parts plus some amount, then the number of labor hours times what I want to make per hour. Should Jeff figure in checking the key and hammer weighting and adjustments? Thanks, Bob E. Hull --- Ric Brekne <ricbrek@broadpark.no> wrote: > Congrats Jeff ! > > At least so far so good. I'm going to vote away > from the frey here and > suggest you opt for factory hung CFIII hammers. > These are now made of > Wurzen AA felt and are far from being too hard. > They will require some > needling, but the hammers are very pliable and easy > to needle. I'd also > suggest you offer your administration a couple > alternatives in the light > of the events of your past few days. Offer to do > the job yourself with > > 1: Ronzens and new shanks, price x amount of > dollars > 2: Prehung origional Yamaha parts, price x time 2 > amount of dollars. > 3: Bringing in a regional concert CFIII tech from > Yamaha America to do > the job and hold a private seminar for you and > perhaps a select very few > other (paying) techs. price x times 4 amount of > dollars minus what > comes in from whatever participants you hold. > > Express all the confidence in all three options, yet > hold out the > virtues of each individual option. Make your > presentation short and > sweet and let them decide. This will also show your > bosses that you are > capable of arranging far more then simple piano tech > work... but that > you are able to take over significant areas of > responsibilities for the > whole piano section. > > I've arranged 4 pianotechnical seminars now these > and one class for a > major convention here at the UiB. It wows em every > time. > > Cheers > RicB > > > > > > List, > > Wow, knock me over with a feather. I was called by > the adjunct today > and received an apology, and we had a lengthy > conversation about > extending his concern for the Yamaha to include the > whole piano > inventory (among many other things). At this point, > it looks like > things may turn out well after all, or at least as > well as can be > expected. The jury is still out over whether I will > hang in there at > this university, but at least this situation has not > forced me to leave > under negative circumstances. I have a meeting > later today with the > adjunct and other piano faculty. Maybe we'll all > plot to overthrow the > Dean. Oops, I didn't say that. Thanks again to all > of you for your > input - any more ideas about new hammers would be > great. That will be > happening no matter what. > > Jeff Stickney > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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