<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space"> <DIV><SPAN class=165132917-13022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Quit with the apolgetic disclaimer.  We all would love to know who is doing what.  As a professional technician who has worked on recordings before, I have often wondered which technician did the work.  Musicians don't act like this. They take full credit. We know that a certain amount belongs to us, who have prepared the piano as a vital link to their success.  So, blown your horn without guilt.  Congratulations!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=165132917-13022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=165132917-13022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Michael Wathen</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=165132917-13022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Retired Technician University Technician (CCM)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=165132917-13022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Sound Consultant </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=165132917-13022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Wapin Company LLP</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Kent Swafford<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 13, 2007 11:24 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Stephen E Kabat<BR><B>Cc:</B> Pianotech List; College and University Technicians<BR><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] Fwd: Grammy award<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Congratulations, Stephen! <DIV><BR> <DIV><BR> <DIV>Begin forwarded message:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica; COLOR: #000000" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=3><B>From: </B></FONT><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=3>Stephen E Kabat <<A href="mailto:s.kabat@csuohio.edu">s.kabat@csuohio.edu</A>></FONT></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica; COLOR: #000000" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=3><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=3>February 13, 2007 9:03:31 AM CST</FONT></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica; COLOR: #000000" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=3><B>To: </B></FONT><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=3><A href="mailto:ptg@ptg.org">ptg@ptg.org</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica; COLOR: #000000" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=3><B>Cc: </B></FONT><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=3><A href="mailto:pres@ptg.org">pres@ptg.org</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica; COLOR: #000000" face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=3><B>Subject: </B></FONT><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=3><B>Grammy award</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV><FONT face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size=2> <DIV>To Whom it may Concern:</DIV> <DIV>Sometimes news happens that needs to be shared. At this past Sunday's Grammy awards, the winner in the classical music category for "Best Instrumental Performance with Orchestra" was pianist Angelin Chang, with the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, in a performance of Olivier Messiaen's 'Oiseaux Exotiques'. I thought you'd like to know that I was the piano technician for the recording. It's not my intention to 'blow my own horn' as much as it is to remind us that the tuner is often the unseen artist, and also to remind us that sometimes our efforts get rewarded in ways we never expect. Thanks for all you do.</DIV> <DIV>Best,</DIV> <DIV>Steve Kabat, RPT</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:s.kabat@csuohio.edu" target=blank>s.kabat@csuohio.edu</A> </DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>