<!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 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/18/2006 11:22:42 AM Central Standard Time, reggaepass@aol.com 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 (gener= al) points <BR>do folks consider the most essential to get across in a forum s= uch 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, soundbo= ard, 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 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>School of Music<BR>University of Alabama<BR>Tuscaloosa, AL</FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>