<div>Hi Scott, </div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks. Yes, I believe Ken was in San Diego at one time. I found out yesterday that he was one of the tuners for that mass tuning for the Olympics! </div> <div> </div> <div>Our biggest delay was the process I successfully pushed to get the salary level upped considerably. There are several layers of bureaucracy for that to go through and it took some time. </div> <div> </div> <div>Avery <br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/19/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Scott E. Thile</b> <<a href="mailto:scott.thile@murraystate.edu">scott.thile@murraystate.edu</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div> <div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">Congratulations, Avery!</font></span></div> <div><span><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">Ken is stepping into some big shoes, as well as a heavy key ring!</font></span></div> <div><span><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">Boy, is that name ever familiar. Was he in San Diego at one point? I think he was just getting started back then and may have come buy my shop and perhaps been a student member of the San Diego chapter or maybe one of the chapters in the LA area? </font></span></div> <div><span><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">Well, Sounds like he's got his work cut out for him. I had to hit the ground running here too! It would be nice if schools could the hiring in done for us to get a little more lead time on the year's work! </font></span></div> <div><span><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div> <div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">All the best to you, Avery. Hope you enjoy your new freedom.</font></span></div> <div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">In pianos, Scott</font></span></div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><span class="q"> <div></div> <div lang="en-us" dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">-----Original Message-----<br><b>From:</b> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org" target="_blank"> caut-bounces@ptg.org</a> [mailto:<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org" target="_blank">caut-bounces@ptg.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Avery Todd<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 18, 2007 6:16 PM <br><b>To:</b> College and University Technicians<br><b>Cc:</b> Pianotech List<br><b>Subject:</b> [CAUT] Finally<br><br></font></div></span> <div><span class="e" id="q_1151d9fd92395868_2"> <div>Hey lists, </div> <div> </div> <div>Well, my retirement from the University of Houston is finally official! I turned in my keys on Monday and met with my replacement today to "show him the ropes"! :-) Some of you probably know him. His name is Kenneth Ponche, who came here from St. Louis. He seems like a very intelligent and personable tech and I wish him the best. I told him to please feel free to call me with any questions/help that I might be able to give him. </div> <div> </div> <div>He has his work cut out for him but I think he's up to it. There's a guest pianist recital on Thursday and a Masterclass on Friday. The head of our piano dept. (Nancy Weems) is giving a recital involving two pianos the end of this month! Plus our International Piano Festival has been moved from February to early November this year! Plus everything else that I'm sure will be going on! </div> <div> </div> <div>I told someone the other day that I almost feel naked without that 5 lb. key ring! Feels kind of good though! LOL</div> <div> </div> <div>Avery Todd, RPT, Ret. </div></span></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><br>