[CAUT] New job

[Ken Zahringer]

Good for you, Wim!  We¹ll all try to be not too envious!

Best Regards,
Ken Z.


On 5/15/07 10:13 PM, "Wimblees at aol.com" <Wimblees at aol.com> wrote:

> 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).

-- 
Ken Zahringer, RPT
University of Missouri
School of Music

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