American School of Piano Tuning

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-----Original Message-----
>From: "Wayne M. Williams" <wwilliams11 at nycap.rr.com>
>Sent: Jul 25, 2006 11:22 AM
>To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Subject: Re: American School of Piano Tuning
>
>Dear John:
>I am starting to attend meetings of the PTG out of the Capital district of 
>Albany. I am going to a meeting in Lake George to hear the Hilberts, 
>rebuilders from Vermont do a presentation. Today I contacted Dick Dante from 
>Long Island and I will be meeting him on August first.
>
>I have the Reblitz book, so I need to read it more often..
>
>Thanks for the info. By the way, I lived in Sydney from 1977 to 1991, where 
>I taught instrumental and eneral music for the Cape Breton Distrct School 
>Board. By the way, do you know a piano tech named "Red" Mike MacDonald from 
>Sydney? He tuned our piano in sydnet and is a good friend who got me 
>interested in piano tech away back in the 80's.
>
>Take care.
>
>Wayne Williams
>Schroon Lake, NY 12870
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "John Ross" <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca>
>To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 10:37 PM
>Subject: American School of Piano Tuning
>
>
>> Hi Wayne,
>> Get the Arthur Reblitz book from the library, it might help.
>> The unfortunate thing, is that it is hard to unlearn wrong methods that 
>> you have learned.
>> Join the PTG as soon as possible, and possibly some RPT will take you 
>> under his wing.
>> The help you get will depend on the amount of work available, in your 
>> area. Because it is kind of hard to train your future competition, if you 
>> are short of work yourself.
>> Just keep working, doing the best job you can.
>> Don't charge for the amount of time it takes you, if you are getting the 
>> job done by trial and error, the customer should not pay for your learning 
>> experiences. Charge for the amount of time it should have taken you, if 
>> you got it right the first time.
>> John M. Ross
>> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.
>> jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Wayne M. Williams" <wwilliams11 at nycap.rr.com>
>> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 10:24 PM
>> Subject: Re:American School of Piano Tuning
>>
>>
>>> Dear John:
>>> I took the course from the American School in the year 200, and found 
>>> that for repair work there is no easy way to explain it. It is indeed 
>>> inadequate in this regard, and I soon found myself up to my neck, so to 
>>> speak, in repairs I could not handle, I am in the middle of trying to 
>>> repair and 1912 Kranich and Bach upright, and the owner is frustrated and 
>>> growing more impatient by the day that I can't get it to work "right". I 
>>> probably should take the randy Potter course. Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> Wayne Williams
>>> Schroon Lake.Y 12870 
>