In St. Louis, a non-Guild piano tuner actually had TOONER on his vanity licence plate. When I asked him about it, he said he is a big band enthusiast, and likes to think of himself as a crooner. TOONER CROONER. Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Honolulu, HI 808-349-2943 www.bleespiano.com Author of The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: Dean May <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com> To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 6:47 am Subject: RE: Where are the new techs needed? A tooner is something of an epithet that I’ve previously argued is used a little too freely around here. They are a class of piano techs somewhere below pond scum and “illegal” immigrants (i.e., undocumented aliens without “travel papers”). Paul here, inadvertently I’m sure, neatly gives us only two categories of piano techs, RPT’s and “tooners.” Real life is not quite that neat. Dean Dean May cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN 47802 From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Paul T Williams Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 11:49 AM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Where are the new techs needed? Try Bellingham, Washington. Seattle is saturated, but northern Washington needs more good RPT's. There are "tooners" up there and a few RPT's, but not enough. That's all I have to give. Formerly from WA. Paul > Paul, > > I'm sorry but I had to ask I've seen someone write this before, whats > the difference between an RPT tuner, and a "tooner" as so you put? > > Alicia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080613/8315728e/attachment-0001.html
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