<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1476" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=286342415-01062006>Greetings.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=286342415-01062006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=286342415-01062006>I am the Director of Performance Services at New England Conservatory in Boston. A member of our administration <SPAN class=965071016-02062006>wants</SPAN> to have our Piano Technicians (whom I supervise) move our pianos (mostly a mix of Steinway B's, L's and M's) out of studios, into and out of the piano shop, etc. when the need arises. We have always hired an outside piano mov<SPAN class=965071016-02062006>ing company</SPAN> to do all of our moves except for occasionally rolling an upright piano down a hallway from one room to another.  </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=286342415-01062006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=286342415-01062006>What prompted this is a proposal to recarpet and paint seven faculty studios this summer. The proposal included an estimate of the cost to <SPAN class=965071016-02062006>hire our movers to </SPAN>remove the pianos from the rooms, bring them to our piano shop for storage on their sides and then to return them to the studios once the work is done. Needless to say, the piano moving costs are considerable. </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=286342415-01062006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT><SPAN class=286342415-01062006><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=965071016-02062006>Personally, I think it's inappropriate for piano techs to double as piano movers, but what do I know? </SPAN>I need a reality check<SPAN class=965071016-02062006>:</SPAN> Is this something that piano techs at other colleges and universities do? If not, can you give me some good arguments why they shouldn't? </FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=286342415-01062006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=286342415-01062006>Thanks.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=286342415-01062006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=286342415-01062006>Brian Yankee</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=286342415-01062006>Director of Performance Services</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=286342415-01062006>New England Conservatory</SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>*******************************************************************</FONT> <BR><I><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brian S. Yankee</FONT></I> <BR><I><FONT face=Arial size=2>Director of Performance Services</FONT></I> <BR><I><FONT face=Arial size=2>New England Conservatory</FONT></I> <BR><I><FONT face=Arial size=2>290 Huntington Ave. </FONT></I><BR><I><FONT face=Arial size=2>Boston, MA 02115</FONT></I> <BR><I><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tel: 617-585-1271</FONT></I> <BR><I><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fax: 617-585-1270</FONT></I> </P> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>