female techs

[Sy Zabrocki]

Back in the 1960's I can remember only one lady toooooner who attened the
PTG conventions. I believe her name was Hanna Grover.

Sy Zabrocki---RPT    See you all in Reno!!!!!


----- Original Message -----
From: "antares" <antares@EURONET.NL>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 7:36 AM
Subject: female techs


> But Judy,
> Nowadays there are very many female pianotechs! and their number is
growing
> rapidly. In Japan you could not even begin to count the number of female
> piano tuners! And I remember very well my first time in Hamamatsu (I am
> sorry to repeat this, but it is for you) when there was the very first
> female Japanese concert grand course student!
>
> Every morning a taxi stopped in front of the boys' dormitory to pick up
two
> Japanese concert grand tech students, and in the car was already seated
the
> Japanese "Princess" as she was called!
> All the Japanese (boy)students were groaning with awe by her obscured
sight
> (barely visible in the back of the cab). ooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh........
>
> Maybe that will give you a more assured feeling?
>
> *(;>)))
>
> friendly greetings from,
>
> Antares,
>
> Amsterdam, Holland
>
> where music is, no harm can be
>
> > From: jstuart1 <jstuart1@pdq.net>
> > Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> > Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2001 08:16:56 -0500
> > To: pianotech@ptg.org
> > Subject: Re: Damp Chaser in old upright
> >
> > Thanks Clyde. I ommitted my first name because I am not sure how
everyone
> > accepts female
> > techs. When I was into electronics (pinball machines) it was my
experience
> > that if I
> > posted my name, no one would reply but if I just posted JStuart everyone
> > thought I was
> > male and would answer my questions. My name is Judy. Usually the
humitity here
> > is
> > houston runs between 40 and 100% There are very few days where it is
less than
> > 50 % and
> > on average I would guess 70-80.
> >
> > Judy
> >
> > Clyde Hollinger wrote:
> >
> >> JStewart (a first name would be nice),
> >>
> >> A piano equipped with an uncontrolled heat rod could be worse off than
having
> >> no
> >> humidity control at all, depending on the humidity of the Houston area.
At
> >> the very
> >> least it should have a humidistat to shut it off when it gets dry
enough.
> >> These are
> >> available from Dampp-Chaser.
> >>
> >> All of us were beginners at one time.  Hang around this list, go to
> >> conventions and
> >> you'll learn a lot!
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Clyde Hollinger
> >>
> >> jstuart1 wrote:
> >>
> >>> I believe this piano has just the heating rod. I am in Houston so the
> >>> humidity
> >>> here runs from the 40's to the 100 range. I don't believe the bar is
on any
> >>> sort
> >>> of timer or other control and the owner indicated that it stays on all
the
> >>> time.
> >>> I am not sure what the rating of the rod is.
> >
> >
>
>
>