<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type= content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;= BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=708121316-05042004><FONT= face=Garamond color=#800000 size=3></FONT></SPAN>Alan,</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>You also have to have some way to verify= condition of pianos before and after damage is found...how do= you do that?  Wouldn't the trucking (private= company?...employees of the University?) just say that was the= way it was when they found it?  Someone (you or= the intern!) would have to be taking digital photos of pianos= before moves...</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>In the private world at hotels, for= instance, the same problem exists.  No one takes= responsibility for banging the grand into the doorway...the= tuner discovers the damage and most of the time nothing is done= because of cost of repairs and the pianos, after some time,= begin to acquire that hotel piano patina.</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>David I.</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=708121316-05042004><FONT= face=Garamond color=#800000 size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=708121316-05042004><FONT= face=Garamond color=#800000 size=3>----- Original message= ----------------------------------------><BR>From: Alan McCoy= <<A= href="mailto:amccoy@mail.ewu.edu">amccoy@mail.ewu.edu</A>><BR= >To: 'College and University Technicians' <<A= href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A>><BR>Received:= Mon, 05 Apr 2004 09:28:50 -0700<BR>Subject: RE: Piano Tech Aide= Checklist.doc</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=708121316-05042004><FONT= face=Garamond color=#800000 size=3><BR>Yep. Actually I do care= for the simple reason that cared for things tend to be better= cared for. Irony and paradox!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=708121316-05042004><FONT= face=Garamond color=#800000 size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=708121316-05042004><FONT= face=Garamond color=#800000 size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=708121316-05042004><FONT= face=Garamond color=#800000 size=3>One of the first things I= noticed here at the university after 20+ years of private work= was that there are almost no real consequences for mistakes. The= incident was guys from trucking who moved some pianos chipped= off a good-sized chunk of veneer from a piano. In the private= world they, or their insurance, would have had to pay to get it= fixed. I have had to do that when I have made mistakes (like= screwing up someone's hardwood floor, and scratching a piano= case!). At the university, no consequence. Other than me= noticing and making a mental note that I will have to be more= supervisory in the future. The other thought about this is that= one of the things that makes a good employee is integrity. The= movers should have reported the incident and the repair come out= of their budget instead of ours. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=708121316-05042004><FONT= face=Garamond color=#800000 size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=708121316-05042004><FONT= face=Garamond color=#800000 size=3>So I try to have integrity= myself and muster the energy to confront students, TAs, faculty,= staff when I see people not caring for our pianos (and other= things). Gotta start somewhere. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=708121316-05042004><FONT= face=Garamond color=#800000 size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=708121316-05042004><FONT= face=Garamond color=#800000 size=3>Alan</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> caut-bounces@ptg.org= [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of= </B>Wimblees@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 31, 2004= 6:54 PM<BR><B>To:</B> caut@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Piano= Tech Aide Checklist.doc<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Alan</DIV> <DIV>I don't have any experience with work study students doing= any real piano work All mine does is move the pianos off and on= stage. (I did have him drill the screw holes in a pin block, and= he helped me take the plate in and out of the piano.)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>But the thing that I have question about is the case= polishing and touch up. Don't tell me you actually care about= the case of the pianos in a practice room? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 3/31/2004 3:39:33 PM Central Standard= Time, amccoy@mail.ewu.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px;= BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Hey= folks,<BR><BR>I have a student worker bee to help me. I am= creating a checklist of things<BR>this music student (a= composition major, clarinetist) might do to assist= me<BR>(attached). This is not a training position, i.e. I am not= training him to<BR>become a technician. I am offering him a job= as a work study position. <BR><BR>I'd like some feedback from= anyone out there who has some experience in= this<BR>regard.<BR><BR>Thanks very much for your= thoughts.<BR><BR>Alan<BR><BR>___________________________________= _________<BR>Alan McCoy, RPT</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>