<HTML>In a message dated 8/8/03 12:11:00 PM Central Daylight= Time, jtanner@mozart.sc.edu writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">It's in there, as a percentage = (5-10%) of the replacement cost of your inventory. </BLOCKQUOTE> That's for everything, including salary for technicians, replacing instrumen= ts, equipment and supplies. What I was looking for was a budget for parts, s= upplies, and contract labor for items like new soundboards, pin blocks, etc.= For schools that already have a full time technician, and a shop full of too= ls, it would be helpful to show what other schools are allocating for suppli= es, etc. If we can ask for a simple figure, like x dollar per piano, and bac= k it up with "that's what the other schools are getting," it might be easier= to get the money we need. If we can also figure out how much that would be for smaller schools that us= e contract help, again, it might help a chair get more money for the piano m= aintenance program. Wim </HTML>