<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1561" name=GENERATOR><o:SmartTagType name="PlaceType" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="PlaceName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Right on Busby</DIV> <DIV>CS</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black">From: <A title=jim_busby@byu.edu href="mailto:jim_busby@byu.edu">Jim Busby</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">To: <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 5:12 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Subject: Re: [CAUT] caut Digest, Vol 1090, Issue 3</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV class=Section1> Paul,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> With 105 instruments you really should have 3 “budgets”; <o:p></o:p> <OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=1> <LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: navy; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1">A Maintenance budget (Tuning and such)<o:p></o:p> <LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: navy; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1">A capital budget for a scheduled replacement program<o:p></o:p> <LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: navy; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1">A repair/refinishing/refurbishing budget<o:p></o:p> </LI></OL> <o:p> </o:p> In the real world that’s hard to get… <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I would question why it would need 28% of your budget for work on a 25 year old instrument, unless it had a major train wreck! I would call someone like Margaret Hood for a “second opinion”. I don’t know what your budget is but it sounds like either your budget is way too low, or the repair costs are enormous.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Just my two bits. Good luck.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Jim Busby BYU<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </DIV> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Paul T Williams Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 1:35 PM To: caut@ptg.org Cc: caut@ptg.org; caut-bounces@ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] caut Digest, Vol 1090, Issue 3<o:p></o:p></DIV> <o:p> </o:p> Hi List, Some of my greenish hue is starting to wear off on being a CAUT, but on budget matters with piano faculty, in particular, I shine brighter that the emerald city!!  We have 105 keyboard instruments here at the university, one of them being a Belt forte-piano about 25 years old.  The professor who plays it primarily is demanding a major rehabilitation to it which will require some outside help with my assisting this outside expert.  The estimated cost of bringing this "expert" in will take over 28% of my yearly budget.  The instrument is used in concert 6-8 times per year as compared to our 3 Steinway D's, 1 concert Baldwin and 3 Steinway B's which are used constantly. Some of the other faculty are up in arms about using the piano budget and insist that this is a "special project" and should use "special funds" like grants and the like.  Of course I agree strongly both ways!  It is a university instrument, so it should use university funds.  On the other hand it is used so infrequently, that I can't see using a huge slice of my pie.  On the third hand, one of my responsibilities is to see to it that all instruments are happy. Having such a limited budget as I do, if I had to replace a good quality grand, (not even concert level), I would be spending far more than one year's budget, leaving all other instruments on hold until next year whatever the need may be.INCLUDING the concert instruments. So I ask for a bit of seasoned advise from you all.  How have you handled such delemmas? Thanks for your help. Here I am, stuck in the middle with you..... <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Paul</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">T.</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Williams</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">RPT</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:State w:st="on">Nebraska</st1:State>-<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:place></st1:City> <o:p></o:p></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>