<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>How to remove a foreign object from the action, or between keys.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>How to communicate to the technician/tuner, what the problem is.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@aol.com href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 18, 2006 4:53 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] (no subject)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/18/2006 11:22:42 AM Central Standard Time, <A href="mailto:reggaepass@aol.com">reggaepass@aol.com</A> writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Hi List,<BR><BR>  I've been invited to conduct a workshop entitled "Ten Things Every <BR>Musician Should Know About Pianos." Got an outline worked up but wanted <BR>to canvas fellow institutionalized technicians. What (general) points <BR>do folks consider the most essential to get across in a forum such as <BR>this?<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR><BR>Alan Eder, RPT<BR>CalArts<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>1. the names of the case parts.</DIV> <DIV>2. the name and number of the keys</DIV> <DIV>3. the name of the major components of the piano, like strings, soundboard, pin block, etc. </DIV> <DIV>4. why a piano goes out of tune</DIV> <DIV>5. where to place a piano in a room</DIV> <DIV>6. how often a piano should be voiced and regualted </DIV> <DIV>7. the effects of temperature and humidity changes on a piano.</DIV> <DIV>8. where to look for a piano tuner.</DIV> <DIV>9. the effects of a climate control system.</DIV> <DIV>10. why piano tuners have to charge what they do. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>School of Music<BR>University of Alabama<BR>Tuscaloosa, AL</FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>