[CAUT] CAUT position announcements, CAUT Academy

[Ed Sutton]

Jeff-

I think you get my point. It's a small number

Consider the recent discussion about the "antique piano market." Small markets are irrational.
The power systems of academia (including state politics, from the governor on down) control what happens in the music department. It isn't market driven.

My personal belief is that the most powerful thing CAUT might eventually accomplish would be to get an assessment of the condition of the pianos and the technician included in the NASM accreditation process. This evaluation should be done by a real technician, not by a Doctor of Piano Performance. Schools take accreditation reviews seriously because they must. It's part of the academic system they use to acclaim their validity.

Ed Sutton
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jeff Tanner 
  To: Ed Sutton 
  Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 4:24 PM
  Subject: Re: [CAUT] CAUT position announcements, CAUT Academy


  All of them?
  :-)
  Jeff
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Ed Sutton 
    To: Jeff Tanner 
    Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 3:38 PM
    Subject: Re: [CAUT] CAUT position announcements, CAUT Academy



    Jeff

    No. I mean the entire market, like "How many people in the USA need automobiles?" "How many colleges in the USA need a piano technician?"

    Ed
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Jeff Tanner 
      To: Ed Sutton ; College and University Technicians 
      Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:48 PM
      Subject: Re: [CAUT] CAUT position announcements, CAUT Academy


      Hi Ed,
      Do you mean the number of departments with current vacancies?

      I haven't kept a tally, but it seems this year the number of vacancies has been more than double normal.  Don't we usually post somewhere around 6 to 10 a year?  We don't really have a way to track all of the vacancies.  We can only go by the number which alert the PTG of such.  Perhaps the reason it seems more than normal are open this year is that the employers have become more aware of our online postings.  Scott may have kept track of how many he has posted and could give a more accurate answer to your question.

      Jeff
        ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: Ed Sutton 
        To: College and University Technicians 
        Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:30 PM
        Subject: Re: [CAUT] CAUT position announcements, CAUT Academy


        Jeff-
        What is your estimate of the entire "market," that is, the total number of college music departments in need of a staff piano technician?
        Ed Sutton
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