<HTML>In a message dated 2/1/02 11:31:51 AM Central Standard Time, fssturm@unm.edu writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Wim,    So do you more or less agree with the "1.1" recommendation? Fred </BLOCKQUOTE> I don't understand what you are asking. I was being a little facetious about demanding an additional .1 technician. But the formula you came up with was an excellent way of showing how many pianos one technician can take care of. If you can get enough surveys together to show that it takes one technician per 70 pianos, perhaps CAUT can use that information to persuade music schools to hire the right number of technicians for their school. Wim </HTML>