[CAUT] [Files] Banff Piano Shop

[Kent Swafford]

I mentioned several past resident technicians at the Banff Centre  
(Otto, Ted
& Denis), and the influence of each can be found in the current Piano
Technicians Workshop:

Otto with his amazing tool cribs (his original shop was a "broom  
closet," so
he had to be efficient), Ted with his bass-string making, Denis with the
wood-shop set-up, and each of them with a prodigious output of "jigs."

Now in the short time Albert (Bert) Picknell has been at the helm,  
he's made
a contribution of his own... "tidyness". I've never seen the shop  
looking so
clean, and as for the mess in the wood shop, I likely created that in my
first day back. :>)

The shop also has a good stock of wood, and over the years many fine
soundboards have been made there from scratch.

Mark Cramer,
Brandon University

(Sessional Faculty Technician, Banff Centre for the Arts)


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