<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: new formula, part two</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE type=text/css></STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2713.1100" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>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!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>dave<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********<BR><BR>On 4/19/02 at 12:02 PM Avery Todd wrote:</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV>And don't forget about repairing piano benches! :-)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Avery</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>In a message dated 4/19/02 8:27:09 AM Central Daylight Time, atodd@UH.EDU writes:<BR></FONT> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="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.<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><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> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2 Arial></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML> <PRE> _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________</PRE>