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<DIV>In a message dated 3/1/04 9:12:17 AM Central Standard Time, atodd@UH.ED=
U writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue =
2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>I haven't mentioned this on the list but a cou=
ple of weeks<BR>ago, on a Sunday, I had to help move a harpsichord over to t=
he<BR>PBS station on campus for a performance/interview with a DMA<BR>studen=
t. Then a little later in the week, it had to be moved<BR>again for her reci=
tal which in this case, was held in a<BR>Catholic church fairly close to the=
university.<BR><BR>She had a friend who furnished the vehicle, a Suburban,<=
BR>but I still had to furnish the equipment, tuning, etc.<BR>for the two mov=
es. I guess I felt a little "put upon"<BR>but I just agreed to it nicely (I =
hope) and did it.<BR><BR>Well, this morning I found a thank you card in my<B=
R>mailbox with a nice note written and a rather large<BR>denomination bill i=
n it! Now, I almost feel guilty<BR>about the way I felt. :-)</FONT></BLOCKQU=
OTE></DIV>
<DIV>My feelings are, that we work for the university. Which means we work A=
T the university. If I am called on to work "off campus," I would consider t=
hat more or less private work, even if it is for the benefit of students and=
/or faculty. And especially if it involves moving pianos, harpsichords, reco=
rding equipment, etc. So I think you were entitled to the money. In fact, I =
would have made sure there was not going to be any hard feelings, and let my=
policy be known up front. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>BTW, your situation would never happen here. There is a very strict pol=
icy that the harpsichords and the pianoforte are not to be moved out of the =
building, for any reason. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Wim </DIV>
<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"=
>Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano tuner/technician<BR>School of Music<BR>Universit=
y of Alabama<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>