<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Eric,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I heard from one of our piano professors today and she said "why didn't we get the jump on them!" We'll see if this fires up other piano folk a bit.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Some people here have expressed the sentiment about what the school will do when I retire. (Hopefully not too far away!) This is a very good gig in spite of the need for another position. I'm guessing they will find someone to take my place. If this school chooses to have a mediocre maintenance program they cannot complain about the mediocre pianos. I'll do the best I can but I'm not going to burn myself out at this old age. :-)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Don<DIV><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV style="font-size: 12px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="font-size: 12px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Don McKechnie</SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-size: 12px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Piano Technician</SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-size: 12px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Ithaca College</SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-size: 12px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><A href="mailto:dmckech@ithaca.edu">dmckech@ithaca.edu</A></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-size: 12px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">607-274-3908</SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-size: 12px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001B82" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Enlightening article Don! I wonder just what would happen if the piano faculty went on strike??</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001B82" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001B82" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Another consideration for your request for an assistant that occurs to me is what are they going to do when you retire? How are they going to possibly find somebody who is able and willing to take care of 175 pianos by him or her self?</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001B82" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001B82" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Eric</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Eric Wolfley, RPT</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001B82" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001B82" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Head Piano Technician</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001B82" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001B82" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001B82" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001B82" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">University of Cincinnati</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="font-size: 12px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>