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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jeff, the piano overseer is the department's
contact person for the tech so that would be an impossible conflict. As for not
getting the budget, get back in there and pitch, thump those Guidelines, and
lower your percentage to 5 gradually as you negotiate, but this formula works,
and if you're severely understaffed and underbudgeted start digging out of that
hole. So at 5 you would only have $70,000 for yearly maintenance of 125 pianos.
If your staff and have bennies your whole package and parts etc must be close to
that. No? And never say never.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris Solliday</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=jtanner@mozart.sc.edu href="mailto:jtanner@mozart.sc.edu">Jeff
Tanner</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 16, 2006 6:28 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] New Department
Administrators</DIV>
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<DIV>On Jun 16, 2006, at 1:24 AM, Chris Solliday wrote:</DIV><BR
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Rob, With 4 contracts for over
25 years I have seen so many come and go I don't even want to count
them. For me the only thing that has ever worked well other than doing a
good job and becoming trusted is to keep pounding the "Guidelines." The
suggestions in there, relating to the issues you raise, are right on
the money and can help. Certainly having only one person, the "piano
overseer," working with you is
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<DIV>My opinion is that the "piano overseer" should be us.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">and setting up a budget that
reflects the recognition that maintenance of an inventory includes three
parts replacement fund, rebuilding fund and yearly maintenance
fund is primary. It can be done with patience over time, with
education, and I admit I have spent a few dollars on nicely printed
versions of the Guidelines to help impress them, but it has been money
well spent. If your replacement (with new) value of your inventory is over
$600,000.oo then the recommended 10% gives you 20,000 each for the three
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<DIV>Remember that includes salaries. But $600,000 isn't a very large
inventory anymore either. My 125 pianos come in at a cool $4.3
million. But no administrator is going to give you $430K to maintain 125
pianos. They're comparing what their neighbors are budgeting per
instrument -- not per replacement value.</DIV>
<DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV>(and no, it isn't Steinway
driving that value up. We have 62 Baldwins.)</DIV>
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<DIV>Jeff Tanner, RPT</DIV>
<DIV>University of South Carolina</DIV>
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