[CAUT] Rating schools

[Jon Page]

The amount of money available for maintenance is not proportional
to their overall condition. The tech might be the dean's brother-in-law
which might be the only way he can hold the job.

There was a period in Massachusetts where the esteemed legislature
deemed that schools had to hire blind piano tuners. In most cases the
only qualification that was met was that the person performing the
service was blind.  It was costly to the school districts because after
they met the mandate, they had to hire someone to tune the pianos.
It didn't last but a few years.


>As well as pressure for the resident tech to exhibit the best possible
>maintenance with whatever budget and facilities are available. Nancy Salmon
>RPT

That goes without saying because that's what's going on now,
unless you're the BIL.

That could also be translated to 'doing free work' to elevate the status,
which is counter-productive to establishing a suitable wage.

>
>On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Jon Page <jonpage at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>  >  >How many pianos and how much is spent on them each year will speak
>  > volumes.
>  >
>  > What is budgeted on paper and what makes it to actual maintenance is the
>  > slight
>  > of hand on the part of the administration. It's PR smoke and mirrors.
>  > Rating piano
>  > overall quality is subjective and would be a nightmare to quantify. CAUT
>  > already
>  > has an evaluation format, maybe that could be utilized.
>  >
>  > Then there would be pressure from the admin for a favorable report, then
>  > there
>  > would need to be a CAUT committee to verify the stats.
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Regards,

Jon Page
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