[CAUT] New job

[Elwood Doss]

Ah, Wim, I knew something better would open up for you and Jan!  I trust
you have told the piano faculty at U of A about the job!  When one door
is closed, God always opens another one that will meet one's needs and
is often better than before...that will give you (and especially Jan)
the desires of your heart.  I believe this is an answer to prayer!  You
certainly deserve this opportunity!  We have a former Piano Faculty
member from UTM, Dr. Robert (Bob) Stewart, who retired to Hawaii.  Let
us know when you get moved and I'll find out his address and email it to
you.  Maybe he lives near where you will be servicing pianos.  He has a
piano in his apartment and still plays on a regular basis.  He was my
piano teacher and, if it hadn't been for him getting me through my piano
proficiency, I'd never gotten my Bachelor's Degree!  He is a most
congenial fellow!  I'll bet he is shocked to find out I'm a piano
technician, let alone at my old alma mater!  It would please me to no
end to find out that your paths had crossed.  One other thing, feel free
to tell your new employer what a fantastic piano technician your
colleagues think you are and that we hold you in highest esteem!  God
bless you and Jan!

 

Joy!

Elwood

 

Elwood Doss, Jr., M.M.E., RPT

Piano Technician/Technical Director

Department of Music

145 Fine Arts Building

The University of Tennessee at Martin

Martin, TN  38238

731/881-1852

FAX: 731/881-7415

HOME: 731/587-5700

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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Wimblees at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 10:13 PM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: [CAUT] New job

 

Two weeks ago I told you that I was fired from the University of
Alabama. Thanks to all of you who wrote supportive letters, and made
recommendations for new positions. All of your prayers and good wishes
paid off, because less than 48 hours later I got a call from a piano
technician who is looking for someone to help with his business. 

 

Tonight, it was more or less made official that I would start on August
1st. But here is the best part, and some of you guys are going to kill
me. It's on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. No, not for the university,
but as an independent piano technician. There is a severe shortage of
experienced, good piano technicians on Oahu, so I will be kept very
busy. I realize the cost of living is twice as expensive as what I am
making here in Alabama, but I will be making almost three times what I
was making here. 

 

On a personal note, obviously my wife was devastated wit the news of my
dismissal. But after I told her where she was going to live next, she's
the happiest person in the world. Here's a neat little anecdote. When
Jan was a teenager, she vowed that her new husband would take her to
Hawaii for their honeymoon. Well, she married me any way, and as a poor
band director, Hawaii was out of the picture. Next year we'll be
celebrating our 40th wedding anniversary. We're going to renew our vows,
and then go on a 10 year honeymoon to Hawaii.  

 

If any of you will be at the convention, just look for the guy with the
biggest smile on his face, wearing gaudy Hawaiian shirts. 

 

Again, thanks for all your thoughts and prayers. They worked. 

 

Wim

Willem Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Tuscaloosa, AL 

(soon to be Hawaii). 





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