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[Wayne M. Williams]

Dear John,
Thank you for the info in the course. I have written them for more 
information.

Regards,
Wayne Williams
Schroon Lake, NY
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ed440 at mindspring.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: American School of Piano Tuning


> SUNY Finger Lakes Community College is offering a new program in piano 
> technology.
> Contact <cglattly at rochester.rr.com> for information.
> ES
>
> -----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
>>