Hi Jim, How does one exactly push the door open farther once it is in? And to all,  Thanks for such a great response to my questions.  It is helping out already!  The Music Director will return from an out-of-town trip Thursday, so I am getting prepared! Paul <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td width=40%>"Jim Busby" <jim_busby@byu.edu> Sent by: caut-bounces@ptg.org 09/19/2006 11:16 AM <table border> <tr valign=top> <td bgcolor=white> <div align=center>Please respond to College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org></div></table> <td width=59%> <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>To</div> <td>"College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>cc</div> <td> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>Subject</div> <td>Re: [CAUT] caut Digest, Vol 1090, Issue 3</table> <table> <tr valign=top> <td> <td></table> </table> <tt>Right on Chris! Wim, you absolutely need to get a budget - some kind of budget, then once your foot is in the door push to increase it. Use other institutions as examples (without whining). Jim Busby BYU -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Willem Blees Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 9:55 AM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: [CAUT] caut Digest, Vol 1090, Issue 3 Quoting Chris Solliday <solliday@ptd.net>: > This is all well and good but without addressing the bigger picture > it is > doomed like trying use a watering can to put out a fire (better be a > very > small fire). This program needs a realistic budget and along with > that will > come more respect for the tech. > Chris Solliday In defense of my approach, the problem I face is that I have no budget. I have been asking for one for five years. The only time I got any money was when we had a new chair, and she didn't know I was not allowed to use money from a certain fund. I replaced hammers etc, on the pianos I thought needed them the most, only to find that is not what they wanted. So now, with no budget, whenever there is a need, I go to the piano area chair and the department chair and lay the problem on the table. I do give them a figure of what it will cost, but other than that, I leave the decision entirely up to them. Wim Willem Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician School of Music University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL USA </tt>