<HTML>In a message dated 4/30/02 3:34:37 PM Central Daylight Time, jorge1ml@cmich.edu writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Hi Wim,       I'm confused.  Are you saying administrators and/or faculty can just do the math without us or complete the whole formula without us?   -Mike </BLOCKQUOTE> I am not sure if he "just" did the math, that he can complete the formula. Part of the problem with the CAUT formula is that it requires knowledge of the age, technical condition, humidity levels, overall quality, age, etc., that an administrator, or even a teacher, probably wouldn't know. What an administrator would know, if the he/she has communicated with the piano tech and/or the piano department, is how many times a piano gets tuned, and perhaps even additional work the piano tech does. (especially in a contract situation). And if the tech has approached the administrator about the funds, even what additional work a piano needs. I am not saying it will be an easy task for an administrator, and a "good one" will automatically leave this to the experts. But if he was given a little help, it is possible. If anything, the numbers will be much easier to understand. They are straight forward. No multipliers, no guessing if a piano gets "light usage, medium usage or heavy usage."   Wim </HTML>