<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> I don’t know….I think Wim should take the broken legs on this piano as an omen and stay off the slopes.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Eric Wolfley, RPT Head Piano Technician Cincinnati College-Conservatory of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Music</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cincinnati</st1:place></st1:City> <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Paul T Williams Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 2:55 PM To: Cramer@BrandonU.CA; <st1:PersonName w:st="on">College and University Technicians</st1:PersonName> Subject: Re: [CAUT] RE : balancier/wippens report<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> The book "Skiing From the Head Down" is also excellent.  I forget the author at the moment, but I read it in the 80's and had no further fear of Black Diamonds. I even looked for big mogels on purpose!!  Enjoy the snow when you get there!! Paul <o:p></o:p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;margin-left:.5in'> <tr> <td width="39%" valign=top style='width:39.98%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> "Cramer, Mark" <Cramer@BrandonU.CA> Sent by: caut-bounces@ptg.org <o:p></o:p> 12/21/2006 12:17 PM <o:p></o:p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td valign=top bgcolor=white style='background:white;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> Please respond to Cramer@BrandonU.CA; Please respond to <st1:PersonName w:st="on">College and University Technicians</st1:PersonName> <caut@ptg.org><o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> </table> <o:p></o:p> </td> <td width="58%" valign=top style='width:58.98%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'> <tr> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> To<o:p></o:p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> caut@ptg.org <o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> cc<o:p></o:p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <o:p> </o:p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> Subject<o:p></o:p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> Re: [CAUT] RE :  balancier/wippens report<o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> </table> <o:p> </o:p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0> <tr> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <o:p> </o:p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <o:p> </o:p> </td> </tr> </table> <o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> </table> <tt>Hi Wim,</tt> <tt>I just saw <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Denver</st1:place></st1:City>'s 3 feet of snow on CNN, hope you can get there soon.</tt> <tt>I recommend you make the short trip to Chris Finger's store in Niwot (a few minutes from <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Boulder</st1:place></st1:City>), it's one of the nicest piano stores I've ever seen.</tt> <tt>The real "gem" of course is his technician; Barth Story,.. a quiet source of experience and knowledge.</tt> <tt>You might also call chapter pres. (and my very good freind) Trevor Nelson for a coffee, also a valuable resource of skills, curiousity and endless discovery.</tt> <tt>BTW, last year "Mike" the ski instructor who talked me down from a double black diamond slope here in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Banff</st1:place></st1:City> ("am I still on the green run, I asked?" ;>) recommended a great book... "Breakthrough on the new skis."</tt> <tt>I spent my first week reading it before heading back to the fresh powder at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Sunshine</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Village</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. It really helped, I was "master" of the beginner runs (greens) and even took on a few blue runs just for the "smug factor."</tt> <tt>If you change your mind about ski-ing (afterall you're in ski-Mecca in <st1:place w:st="on">Co.</st1:place>) a brief lesson and/or a good ski-book can do wonders.</tt> <tt>The downside, with all the new bindings/release hardware, apparently broken limbs are almost a thing of the past... so, no cast... no ski-bunnies to sign it for you! ;>) </tt> <tt>As for you Marcel, I'm seeing Quebecors out on the golf course... in December... I'm the one whose jealous!</tt> <tt>best regards and happy holidays all!</tt> <tt>Mark Cramer,</tt> <tt>Brandon University/Banff Centre</tt> <tt> </tt> <tt>-----Original Message-----</tt> <tt>From: Marcel Carey <mcpiano@videotron.ca></tt> <tt>To: '<st1:PersonName w:st="on">College and University Technicians</st1:PersonName>' <caut@ptg.org></tt> <tt>Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:51:06 -0500</tt> <tt>Subject: [CAUT] RE :  balancier/wippens report</tt> <tt>It's really too bad you don't ski Wim. I do and we don't have snow yet</tt> <tt>in Qu�bec. I'm jalous of the snow situation around <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Denver</st1:place></st1:City>...</tt> <tt>Marcel Carey, RPT</tt> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><tt>Sherbrooke</tt></st1:City><tt>, <st1:State w:st="on">QC</st1:State></tt></st1:place> <tt>> -----Message d'origine-----</tt> <tt>> De : caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] De la </tt> <tt>> part de Willem Blees</tt> <tt>> Envoy� : 20 d�cembre 2006 18:49</tt> <tt>> � : <st1:PersonName w:st="on">College and University Technicians</st1:PersonName></tt> <tt>> Objet : Re: [CAUT] balancier/wippens report</tt> <tt>> </tt> <tt>> </tt> <tt>> My son just called, and said to plan to be delayed getting </tt> <tt>> into <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Denver</st1:place></st1:City>. </tt> <tt>> They are expecting up to 3' of snow in the foothills south of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Denver</st1:place></st1:City>. </tt> <tt>> (he lives in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Colorado Springs</st1:place></st1:City>). He said we might make it to </tt> <tt>> <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Denver</st1:place></st1:City>, but </tt> <tt>> he won't be able to pick us up until Friday. </tt> <tt>> </tt> <tt>> Wim </tt> <tt>> </tt> <tt>> Quoting Jeff Tanner <jtanner@mozart.sc.edu>:</tt> <tt>> </tt> <tt>> > </tt> <tt>> > On Dec 20, 2006, at 10:11 AM, Willem Blees wrote:</tt> <tt>> > </tt> <tt>> > > I'm spending my Christmas vacation in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Colorado</st1:place></st1:State> for the next 2</tt> <tt>> > weeks.</tt> <tt>> > > Since I don't ski, I guess I could work on it.</tt> <tt>> > </tt> <tt>> > You might need to learn how, from the weather reports I'm hearing...</tt> <tt>> > </tt> <tt>> > Have a great Christmas vacation!</tt> <tt>> > </tt> <tt>> > </tt> <tt>> > </tt> <tt>> > Jeff Tanner, RPT</tt> <tt>> > <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">South Carolina</st1:PlaceName></st1:place></tt> <tt>> > </tt> <tt>> > </tt> <tt>> > </tt> <tt>> > </tt> <tt>> </tt> <tt>> </tt> <tt>> Willem Blees, RPT</tt> <tt>> Piano Tuner/Technician</tt> <tt>> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Music</st1:PlaceName></st1:place></tt> <tt>> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Alabama</st1:PlaceName></st1:place></tt> <tt>> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Tuscaloosa</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">AL</st1:State> <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place></tt> <tt>> </tt> <tt>> </tt> <o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>