[CAUT] University of Idaho -- Moscow, ID

[Otto Keyes]

This didn't go through last time, so I'll try it again.  

Otto

----- Original Message -----
From: Otto Keyes <okeyes at uidaho.edu>
Date: Thursday, March 15, 2007 1:03 pm
Subject: University of Idaho -- Moscow, ID
To: College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>

> Just a heads-up to all that my position here at U of Idaho will be
> opening up.  I had a wrist injury a couple of years ago that 
> limited my
> work to about half-time....(30 years of piano tuning & 30 seconds of
> judo). In the end the 30 years of tuning had taken its toll on the
> joints in my wrist, and the judo just kicked it over the edge. 
> 
> Then in the fall I had an incident of sudden, low-end, hearing loss 
> thatwas diagnosed as a form of Meneire's disease, particularly in 
> my right
> ear.  One of the worst problems has been a hyper-acuity to certain
> pitches & sharp sounds that makes piano tuning very uncomfortable, and
> gives a harmonic of about a 5th on some pitches.  It has improved
> somewhat, and I can still tune well if I use pretty heavy duty ear
> plugs, but high level voicing is difficult, and coupled with the wrist
> problem, the load of a university job is just too much.  
> 
> Continuing on here in the current mode would mean merely hospice care
> for the instrument inventory, and the school of music needs more than
> that.  Like any institution of higher learning, U of I has its 
> politicsand problems, but it's a pretty decent place to work, and 
> Moscow is a
> very nice town.  The position has not been posted yet, but let me know
> if you would like further info.
> 
> Otto Keyes
> Piano Tech., University of Idaho
> 
> 
>