Thanks. Wayne Williams ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Ross" <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 11:48 AM Subject: Re: American School of Piano Tuning >I have heard of Mike MacDonald, but never met him. > Good luck in your new occupation, it is/was a second career, for quite a > few of us. > 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: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 12:22 PM > 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 >>
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