A Note of Wisdom

Here is a little bit of wisdom that has served me very well lately. It came across the pianotech listserv several weeks ago. I can't think of a more successful career to emulate. Editor

Priority system at ASU from 1974 to 1989.

1. Concert prep for every concert.

2. Breakage or failures get fixed the same day I receive reports.

3. Piano prof's studio pianos at least once every month.

4. Performance practice room pianos at least every 2 to 3 weeks.

5. Classroom pianos 3 to 4 times a year.

6. Other studios 1 or 2 times a year. One particular studio every 5 years. (This professor used the piano top for a chronological letter filing system. I didn't dare mess up his system by removing it.)

7. Other practice rooms twice a year

8. 2 or 3 grand hammer sets per year.

9. 1 grand rebuild a year.

I forgot to mention: Every Monday was broken string fixing day. This was primarily for performance practice pianos. There was always plenty to do.

Jim Coleman, Sr., RPT pianotoo@IMAP2.ASU.EDU