<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: new formula, part two</title></head><body> <div>Hi Dave,</div> <div><br></div> <div>Just send them back to Jansen and let them do it. Yeah, right! :-)</div> <div>Although I do have one right now that's going back to them to do</div> <div>a total job on. But it's an old one!</div> <div><br></div> <div>Avery </div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>Yes,  I spend more time than I wish I had today putting new bushings on wobbly Jansen bench.  It makes a nice difference, but what a dirty, hands-in-tight-places job!</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>dave<br> <font face="Arial" size="-1">*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********<br> <br> On 4/19/02 at 12:02 PM Avery Todd wrote:</font> <blockquote>And don't forget about repairing piano benches! :-)</blockquote> <blockquote><br></blockquote> <blockquote>Avery</blockquote> <blockquote><br> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">In a message dated 4/19/02 8:27:09 AM Central Daylight Time, atodd@UH.EDU writes:</font><br> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">I do have one question. Do you really think harpsichords should be<br> included in this? It seems as though the amount of tunings they require, compared to a piano, would mess up the numbers. If they are used<br> regularly, they should probably be tuned weekly. Daily when being used<br> in performance. And that depends on the repertoire. It varies so much.<br> At least in my situation.</font><br> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote><font face="Arial" size="-1"><br> <br> Not only should you include the harpsichord, because it is work, and it needs to be done but I also forgot to include a very obvious thing we all have to do, every day. I forgot to include that we spent about 8 - 10 hours a week doing the paper work, or computer updating, or talking to professors and students, or what have you. The non productive part of our job. But it is necessary, and we should get paid for it.<br> <br> Wim</font></blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote><br></blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><tt><br> _____________________________<br> David M. Porritt<br> dporritt@mail.smu.edu<br> Meadows School of the Arts<br> Southern Methodist University<br> Dallas, TX 75275<br> _____________________________</tt></blockquote> <div><br></div> </body> </html>