Hi Scott, Thanks. Yes, I believe Ken was in San Diego at one time. I found out yesterday that he was one of the tuners for that mass tuning for the Olympics! Our biggest delay was the process I successfully pushed to get the salary level upped considerably. There are several layers of bureaucracy for that to go through and it took some time. Avery On 9/19/07, Scott E. Thile <scott.thile at murraystate.edu> wrote: > > Congratulations, Avery! > > Ken is stepping into some big shoes, as well as a heavy key ring! > > Boy, is that name ever familiar. Was he in San Diego at one point? I think > he was just getting started back then and may have come buy my shop and > perhaps been a student member of the San Diego chapter or maybe one of the > chapters in the LA area? > > Well, Sounds like he's got his work cut out for him. I had to hit the > ground running here too! It would be nice if schools could the hiring in > done for us to get a little more lead time on the year's work! > > All the best to you, Avery. Hope you enjoy your new freedom. > In pianos, Scott > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] *On Behalf Of *Avery > Todd > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 18, 2007 6:16 PM > *To:* College and University Technicians > *Cc:* Pianotech List > *Subject:* [CAUT] Finally > > Hey lists, > > Well, my retirement from the University of Houston is finally official! I > turned in my keys on Monday and met with my replacement today to "show him > the ropes"! :-) Some of you probably know him. His name is Kenneth Ponche, > who came here from St. Louis. He seems like a very intelligent and > personable tech and I wish him the best. I told him to please feel free to > call me with any questions/help that I might be able to give him. > > He has his work cut out for him but I think he's up to it. There's a guest > pianist recital on Thursday and a Masterclass on Friday. The head of our > piano dept. (Nancy Weems) is giving a recital involving two pianos the end > of this month! Plus our International Piano Festival has been moved from > February to early November this year! Plus everything else that I'm sure > will be going on! > > I told someone the other day that I almost feel naked without that 5 lb. > key ring! Feels kind of good though! LOL > > Avery Todd, RPT, Ret. > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20070919/09f7d0b4/attachment.html
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