P.S. I jointed the Pianotech and CAUT lists on August 30th, and am learning a lot from both lists. Thanks to all who participate! -- Paul Milesi, RPT Howard University Department of Music College of Arts and Sciences, Division of Fine Arts 2455 Sixth Street NW Washington, DC 20059 University: (202) 806-4565 Home: (202) 667-3136 Cell: (202) 246-3136 E-mail: paul at pmpiano.com Website: http://www.pmpiano.com > From: Susan Kline <skline at peak.org> > Reply-To: <caut at ptg.org> > Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:18:18 -0700 > To: <caut at ptg.org> > Subject: Re: [CAUT] pin drop > > >> Everyone is getting fatter... > > True enough! But maybe the demographic problem is with the > benches, not the students and profs. Were most of them bought > at around the same time? Maybe they all are getting decrepit > and senile at once? > > Come to that, aren't most of the piano techs getting decrepit > and (hopefully not) senile in lockstep with each other? Who is > going to replace us in ten or twenty more years? > > Shall we do a little informal CAUT survey --- how old is > everybody? Retirements imminent? Plans for how long to keep > working? (only if you feel like telling us, of course.) > > I consider myself just passing through the outer fringe of > semi-retirement. I've cut back general work about 30%, but > still do all the concerts. I've started turning down (or > trying to pass on) work involving tilting pianos, upright > players still containing player actions, and square grands. > I do lots of small repairs, some repinning and rebushing now > and then, but full stringing and parts replacement I pass on > to someone who does it full time. > > Susan Kline, 63 > > > > >
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