[CAUT] Steinway school info

[Alan McCoy]

I just went to a presentation by S&S about the program. Attached is a
document from that presentation that defines or stipulates what it means to
be an All-Steinway school.

Of particular interest is #3. BTW, if you haven't read the S&S equivalent of
the CAUT Guidelines, it is worth looking over. The version I have was
written by Gary Green in 2005. Its recommendations for number of technicians
(one full-time technician per 40 S&S, or one full-time tech per 60
Boston/Essex) and parts inventory look to be more demanding than the CAUT
Guidelines. They apparently have a spreadsheet for this purpose. No doubt
this hooks into their initial inventory of your instruments.

Another consideration is #8 wherein any rebuilding will be done at the S&S
restoration center in NY. This effectively removes any decision-making about
rebuilding from you, other than choosing which piano is up for rebuilding.

By becoming an All-Steinway School (I was about to use an acronym but
decided against it. :-] ) you are accepting the brand, being branded as it
were, and must live up to their expectations. They want to protect their
name, and you, as an All-Steinway School, are representing their name, same
as a dealer.

It's a choice. It may be a good one for the school and students. But it is
not without its trade-offs.

FWIW,

Alan


-- Alan McCoy, RPT
Eastern Washington University
amccoy at mail.ewu.edu
509-359-4627
509-999-9512


> From: Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu>
> Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org>
> Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 08:13:42 -0600
> To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org>
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Steinway school info
> 
> Hi Chris,
> You might be surprised about raising money. A case in point from UNM:
> a guy who had been a violin student at UNM but changed to math. Became
> a math teacher at a university (some other state), but kept up his
> interest in music, performing as section violinist in regional
> orchestras and doing chamber music. He got interested in collecting
> instruments, and ended up with a "matching" string quartet. In his
> 80s, he decided to donate them, and approached our music department,
> because of fond feelings about his violin prof. We had been in the
> process of dedicating our rehearsal hall to the memory of this prof,
> so maybe he heard about that, and it got him thinking.
> So for the last ten years, we have had a graduate string quartet
> (they get to use the instruments, and get a scholarship), underwritten
> by him, and he is (now in his 90s) finishing paperwork to endow
> $500,000 in scholarships for string students. All from a very
> unassuming guy who doesn't have children and wants to do something
> meaningful with what is probably the accumulation of TIAA/CREF
> retirement account money.
> The point being that you don't have to have a BIll Gates among your
> alums to raise substantial sums of money. But it does take some effort
> and communication.
> Regards,
> Fred Sturm
> University of New Mexico
> fssturm at unm.edu
> 
> 
> 
> On May 2, 2008, at 1:55 PM, Christopher Purdy wrote:
> 
>> Thanks to everyone that has responded to my questions, on list and
>> off.  I have received a lot of great insight and ideas.
>> Realistically, I don't see how this is ever going to happen here.
>> We would basically have to buy some 100 new Steinways and I just
>> don't see us raising 3-4 million dollars.  However, I have really
>> been enlightened with ideas of using this to get the ball rolling
>> and start discussion.  Plus, the new director knows the program and
>> is very interested in pursuing it.  If he's got the experience and
>> the energy, I'd love to see where it takes us.
>> 
>> Thanks again to everyone.  I've saved all the responses and I will
>> really be able to use the info you provided.
>> 
>> Chris
> 

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