Practice Room Problems

[Joel A. Jones]

Avery,

At UW-Madison we have forms hanging in each room.  Replenish the supply
every semester.  They are printed on color coded paper so we know if the
form is from a piano major grand, or an upright.
	Every practice room has a key that is returned to an operations
desk where the forms usually get turned in.  Once in a while we get one in
our shop door or the facilities manager picks up one from someone he passes
in the halls
	We know about broken strings and sticking keys, and usually service
the request within a working day. I think the system works - of course, - I
made the forms and put the hooks in the practice rooms.
	. It's not hard to make your own and custom design what info you
need.  Let me know if you want to see a copy.   The secret to the success
of this system is having the form in the room where the problem can be
described and written down.   I use a staff, instead of all the number
systems to identify the note(s) with the problem.   When you design the
form fill both sides of the paper so the form isn't used for notes. etc.

Joel

	    .>List,
>
>   Do any of you college techs have a good way for the students to notify
>you when there is a problem with a piano? Envelope for notes on a bulletin
>board? Note pads in practice rooms?
>   In the new building, my shop is no longer in the practice room area and
>one of the teachers just told me a couple of students have said "but we
>don't know where his shop is". Duuh. Find out. But you know how students
>can be at times. :-)
>   Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks.
>
>Avery
>
>
>
>___________________________
>Avery Todd, RPT
>Moores School of Music
>University of Houston
>Houston, TX 77204-4893
>713-743-3226
>atodd@uh.edu
>http://www.uh.edu/music/


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