Glad Jim, Sr. is still up and around! I miss seeing him on the list! Avery Todd On Jan 14, 2008 11:00 AM, David Andersen <david at davidandersenpianos.com> wrote: > > On Jan 5, 2008, at 9:17 PM, Gary Telleen wrote: > > David, on behalf of the Phoenix Chapter I would thank you for taking this > time out of your busy schedule and making the trip over to Phoenix. > > > The pleasure was truly all mine. For those who don't know, Gary is the PTG > chapter president there in Phoenix, and he and his team extended a > surprising invite to me last fall---to be the only instructor in an all-day > seminar that would be the Arizona state conference; it would take place at > Gary's big, beautiful shop out in the boonies near the mountains: a captive > audience; nothing to do except listen me yap away. Mmmmm. > > Better yet, Gary said I was free to make up the day and the program as I > saw fit, which turned a switch on big time for my interest. Smart move, > Gary. My description of the day is in the PDF below: > > > About 40 hardy souls showed up, some from as far away as Utah, Nevada, and > California. For me it was a huge success; it felt good, the questions were > great, the wisdom in the room was mind-boggling---thousands of years of > experience among the people there--- > good pianos to teach on, and---the big payoff for me---an obvious lighting > of the lamp of the artisanal high end in a handful of technicians. > > I have discovered a huge, seemingly unending passion for teaching---I'm a > former professional hambone, so the performance aspect of it is really > fun---and I've rediscovered the absolute joy of giving away whatever wisdom > and experience my mentors and 30-odd years of piano work have given me. So > sweet. > > Jim Coleman Sr. not only stayed for the entire day, he was actively > involved, as were Nick Gravagne, perhaps my favorite Italian hipster, and > Michael Spreeman, builder of the Ravenscroft piano---who's got the most > beautiful and best-feeling shop I've ever seen. > > At a pause in my tuning portion of the day, Jim actually showed the class > a graph "proving" why my method of following the fourths and making them the > key, the anchor for my tuning, is not only legitimate, but, in his words, > "superior." Amazing. What an honor to be able to sit and talk with him as a > friend, and what a massive personal "attaboy" for me. > > I loved the format and the spine of this all-day class, and I intend to > repeat it. Chapter and conference leaders, please take note. > Call Gary Teleen, or Jim Coleman, or Nick G., and ask them how it went. > I'm fired up. > > Hope to see you all at NEECSO or in June at Anaheim...... > > best, > David > davidandersenpianos.com > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080114/21884cb2/attachment.html
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