[CAUT] Piano juries on concert instruments

[Jeff Tanner]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Kline" <skline at peak.org>
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Piano juries on concert instruments


> What we do is a strange hybrid of physical and mental work, with
> a strong component of enlightened interaction with musical
> people: faculty, students, and visiting artists. None of
> this is true of someone who fixes the lights or the photocopier.

...and yet, we are viewed no differently by administration. This is 
evidenced in so many job descriptions falling into job classifications where 
the piano technician is side by side with the HVAC techs and carpenters, as 
well as the fact that more is spent per inventory value on maintenance of 
copiers than on pianos.

It is great that we see ourselves the way you describe. But we are 
apparently the only ones who do.

Jeff