<html 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" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Hi,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Create a “need” and sell it to someone in power. Squeak the wheel a bit, but not too much. Find out who the key “money” person is in the powers that be and sell it to him/her. If you don’t have such skills find some “mover and shaker” to do this for you. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Case in point; <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Snow</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType>, Ephraim <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Utah</st1:place></st1:State> is an all Steinway school. ONE person decided (not me, btw) that it should be and found the donors. He could sell ice to Eskimos. He did it and now the whole community is proud of the College. Not only did he do that but he also demanded that “since we have these wonderful instruments we MUST have a budget to keep them up”, etc.  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Sometimes ones talent lies not in “doing” something but rather in the ability to find and work with those who can do it. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> JB<o:p></o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Paul T Williams Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 10:55 AM To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">College and University Technicians</st1:PersonName> Subject: Re: [CAUT] caut Digest, Vol 1090, Issue 3<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> 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 <o:p></o:p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'> <tr> <td width="40%" valign=top style='width:40.0%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> "Jim Busby" <jim_busby@byu.edu> Sent by: caut-bounces@ptg.org <o:p></o:p> 09/19/2006 11:16 AM <o:p></o:p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td valign=top bgcolor=white style='background:white;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> Please respond to <st1:PersonName w:st="on">College and University Technicians</st1:PersonName> <caut@ptg.org><o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> </table> <o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="59%" valign=top style='width:59.0%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'> <tr> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> To<o:p></o:p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> "<st1:PersonName w:st="on">College and University Technicians</st1:PersonName>" <caut@ptg.org> <o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> cc<o:p></o:p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <o:p> </o:p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> Subject<o:p></o:p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> Re: [CAUT] caut Digest, Vol 1090, Issue 3<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> </table> <o:p> </o:p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <o:p> </o:p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <o:p> </o:p> </td> </tr> </table> <o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> </table> <tt>Right on Chris! Wim, you absolutely need to get a budget - some kind of</tt> <tt>budget, then once your foot is in the door push to increase it. Use</tt> <tt>other institutions as examples (without whining). </tt> <tt>Jim Busby BYU </tt> <tt>-----Original Message-----</tt> <tt>From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of</tt> <tt>Willem Blees</tt> <tt>Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 9:55 AM</tt> <tt>To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">College and University Technicians</st1:PersonName></tt> <tt>Subject: Re: [CAUT] caut Digest, Vol 1090, Issue 3</tt> <tt>Quoting Chris Solliday <solliday@ptd.net>:</tt> <tt>> This is all well and good but without addressing the bigger picture</tt> <tt>> it is</tt> <tt>> doomed like trying use a watering can to put out a fire (better be a</tt> <tt>> very</tt> <tt>> small fire). This program needs a realistic budget and along with</tt> <tt>> that will</tt> <tt>> come more respect for the tech.</tt> <tt>> Chris Solliday</tt> <tt>In defense of my approach, the problem I face is that I have no </tt> <tt>budget. I have been asking for one for five years. The only time I got </tt> <tt>any money was when we had a new chair, and she didn't know I was not </tt> <tt>allowed to use money from a certain fund. I replaced hammers etc, on </tt> <tt>the pianos I thought needed them the most, only to find that is not </tt> <tt>what they wanted. </tt> <tt>So now, with no budget, whenever there is a need, I go to the piano </tt> <tt>area chair and the department chair and lay the problem on the table. </tt> <tt>I do give them a figure of what it will cost, but other than that, I </tt> <tt>leave the decision entirely up to them. </tt> <tt>Wim</tt> <tt>Willem Blees, RPT</tt> <tt>Piano Tuner/Technician</tt> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><tt>School</tt></st1:PlaceType><tt> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Music</st1:PlaceName></tt></st1:place> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><tt>University</tt></st1:PlaceType><tt> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Alabama</st1:PlaceName></tt></st1:place> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><tt>Tuscaloosa</tt></st1:City><tt>, <st1:State w:st="on">AL</st1:State> <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></tt></st1:place> <o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>