[CAUT] University of Idaho -- Moscow, ID

[Jim Busby]

Hi Otto,

Sorry to hear this! I expect you have plans B and C?

I guess the bean counter in me needs to know what the salary range and
scope of the job might be even though it may serve to fuel yet another
round of the "we're all underpaid" threads...

Thanks.

High regards,
Jim Busby BYU

-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Otto Keyes
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 3:06 PM
To: Otto Keyes
Cc: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] University of Idaho -- Moscow, ID

This didn't go through last time, so I'll try it again.  

Otto

----- Original Message -----
From: Otto Keyes <okeyes at uidaho.edu>
Date: Thursday, March 15, 2007 1:03 pm
Subject: University of Idaho -- Moscow, ID
To: College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>

> Just a heads-up to all that my position here at U of Idaho will be
> opening up.  I had a wrist injury a couple of years ago that 
> limited my
> work to about half-time....(30 years of piano tuning & 30 seconds of
> judo). In the end the 30 years of tuning had taken its toll on the
> joints in my wrist, and the judo just kicked it over the edge. 
> 
> Then in the fall I had an incident of sudden, low-end, hearing loss 
> thatwas diagnosed as a form of Meneire's disease, particularly in 
> my right
> ear.  One of the worst problems has been a hyper-acuity to certain
> pitches & sharp sounds that makes piano tuning very uncomfortable, and
> gives a harmonic of about a 5th on some pitches.  It has improved
> somewhat, and I can still tune well if I use pretty heavy duty ear
> plugs, but high level voicing is difficult, and coupled with the wrist
> problem, the load of a university job is just too much.  
> 
> Continuing on here in the current mode would mean merely hospice care
> for the instrument inventory, and the school of music needs more than
> that.  Like any institution of higher learning, U of I has its 
> politicsand problems, but it's a pretty decent place to work, and 
> Moscow is a
> very nice town.  The position has not been posted yet, but let me know
> if you would like further info.
> 
> Otto Keyes
> Piano Tech., University of Idaho
> 
> 
>