<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: = #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Garamond color=#800000 = size=3><SPAN class=246125017-05042004>Ok. Here's the latest version of the = checklist. Great suggestions from several of you. This will definitely take more = supervision, but in the long-term more useful. I hope. It will be interesting to see what = I think in 3 months.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Garamond color=#800000 = size=3><SPAN class=246125017-05042004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Garamond color=#800000 = size=3><SPAN class=246125017-05042004>Alan</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Garamond color=#800000 = size=3><SPAN class=246125017-05042004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Garamond color=#800000 = size=3><SPAN class=246125017-05042004> <P><FONT size=2>____________________________________________<BR>Alan = McCoy, RPT<BR>Eastern Washington University<BR>509-359-4627<BR>amccoy@mail.ewu.edu<BR></FONT></P></SPAN></= FONT></DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Barbara Richmond<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 02, 2004 7:11 AM<BR><B>To:</B> = College and University Technicians<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Piano Tech Aide Checklist.doc<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Hey Wim, sometimes it just takes educating folks.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>At the start of every school year when I was on staff at a = university, I would send out a very welcoming, upbeat memo to the staff = and faculty.  It contained information on care of the pianos and what = information I needed from them to schedule service for studios, = classrooms and concerts.  I also asked the director of the school of music to = put the subject on the faculty meeting agenda (just in case they didn't read = my memo).  To reach the students with whatever information I wanted = them to have, I made various posters and placed them in practice = rooms, back stage and in the student lounge area.   Every once in a = while I would need to squeak, but tried to be nice about it.  :-)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Barbara Richmond </DIV> <DIV> </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"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@aol.com href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</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>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 01, = 2004 10:59 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Piano Tech Aide Checklist.doc</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 4/1/2004 9:13:00 PM Central Standard Time, = <A href="mailto:Rick.Florence@asu.edu">Rick.Florence@asu.edu</A> = writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px = solid"><FONT face=Arial>It has been our experience at ASU that students treat = the pianos better when <BR>we keep up the finish as well as the = inside.  Besides, we like our pianos <BR>looking good.<BR><BR>Rick</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>Thanks for the answer Rick. I don't know if that will work here = at UA. Hell, even our brand new B and D on the stage get treated like they = are desks. Within a week after we received our new B two years ago, = which is in the recital hall, also used by the music appreciation classes, one = of our TA's scratched up the top when he put his briefcase on it, and slid = it off at the end of the session. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>