[CAUT] [pianotech] Dampp chasers

[Chris Solliday]

Paul,
yes, they do get paid, but no reason a dedicated piano invested student can't be provided some other form of compensation. Start with "for the good of the cause" and work your way up to what the director can afford. We start with the same thing and pay as little as possible.
Chris
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paul T Williams 
  To: caut at ptg.org 
  Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 8:26 AM
  Subject: Re: [CAUT] [pianotech] Dampp chasers


  Chris, 

  Do they get paid?  Our director would in no way approve.  We're cutting millions of $$ from the university budget this coming fiscal year with no hope of not having to do more next year.  I'm afraid I'm on my own. 

  Paul 



        From:  "Chris Solliday" <csolliday at rcn.com>  
        To:  <caut at ptg.org>  
        Date:  05/02/2010 02:44 PM  
        Subject:  Re: [CAUT] [pianotech] Dampp chasers 


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  Not to overly indulge in the rapture of cynicism to excess or anything, but
  we are talking about a generation that can barely read, write or communicate
  at all, trusts their most intimate thoughts and experiences to an open
  computer program and for the most part are too fat to crawl under the piano
  to replace wicks. And this coming to you from a barely literate, overweight
  RPT.
  Chris Solliday
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
  To: <caut at ptg.org>
  Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 11:47 PM
  Subject: Re: [CAUT] [pianotech] Dampp chasers


  > Chris Solliday wrote:
  > > Paul,
  > > What is so difficult about having a student worker, perhaps with other
  > > duties as well, being trained and responsible for making sure the
  > > systems are plugged in and filling them when necessary. I have three
  > > college situations where this works well. I've even trained some to keep
  > > the fill level up so that they don't have to wait for the lights, just
  > > make their rounds. I think you could even train someone to replace pads
  > > if you wanted to, although I must admit I haven't gone that far.
  > > Chris Solliday
  >
  > Wow, that's comforting! The future of the world can be
  > nominally trained to fill a water tank, but replacing
  > humidifier pads is a stretch. We're obviously in good hands,
  > as I've long suspected.
  >
  > Ron N



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