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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paul, First you should establish a budget with
three equal parts: one the yearly maintenance fund, two the rebuilding fund, the
replacement fund. The total should equal 5 to 10 percent of the replacement
value of your inventory. If you can convince (with the help of the Guidelines)
your Finance Dept (but first your Music Chair and Dept) that this is the
way to proceed you should will rarely have these problems again. As for
now, I would, as you seem inclined, let "them" haggle it out. Either way you
should work on the bigger picture because now is practically an event response
situation that will require emergency action. Best of luck. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris Solliday</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu
href="mailto:pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu">Paul T Williams</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> ; <A title=caut-bounces@ptg.org
href="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org">caut-bounces@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 18, 2006 3:34
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] caut Digest, Vol
1090, Issue 3</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Hi List,</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>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.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>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.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>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.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>So I ask for a bit of seasoned advise from you all. How have you
handled such delemmas? Thanks for your help.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.....</FONT>
<BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Paul T. Williams RPT</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>University of Nebraska-Lincoln</FONT>
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