Show them how to remove pencils, that have fallen in. Show them how to take lost motion out of a pedal. Ok, I know that this would cut down on possible service calls, but think of the good will generated, and future jobs from their students. John Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia On 2011-01-30, at 9:12 AM, denisikeler at aol.com wrote: > > > List, > > I am giving a technical presentation to a group of about 30 piano teachers on Feb. 15th. I looking for ideas on subject matter. I don't want to get too technical. Some ideas I have thought of so far, > > Humidity control in the home. > > A kind of "state of the union" type message, about the current condition of our profession. > > The differences in the soft pedal operation in uprights vs. grands. And how, habitual use of the soft pedal in grands will "unmate" the hammers. > > The differences in the "inertia" component in touch between digitals and real pianos. > > > This should be a lot of fun. Midland Michigan was just voted the 4th nicest small town to live in the US by Forbes. They have a fantastic venue, the Midland Center For The Arts. And considering that the population there is about 40,000, I think "per capita" they have more piano teachers than any other place. > > Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated! > > Thanks, > Denis Ikeler > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20110130/65630654/attachment.htm>
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