<!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 6.00.2800.1400" 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>In a message dated 11/3/2004 10:07:27 PM Central Standard Time, moffatt5@telus.net 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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Why?</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> <DIV>Why what? Biting the bullet, teaching the class, or offering it to the students?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>R.Moffatt & Sons<BR>Master Piano Technicians<BR>2323 Lincoln Driv= e S.W.<BR>Calgary, Alberta ,  Canada T3E 5G4<BR>Phone. 403.243.0385<BR>= <A title=http://www.moffattpianos.com/ href="http://www.moffattpianos.com/">www.moffattpianos.com</A><BR>Fax.&n= bsp;    403.243.6821<BR>email:   <A title=mailto:moffatt5@telus.net href="mailto:moffatt5@telus.net">moffatt5@telus.net</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-L= EFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If all university based PTG members wou= ld encourage their piano departments to offer a simple, one credit course i= n piano technology familiarization, it would make a HUGE difference in wha= t the future will look like. Of course that might mean teaching a course o= n top of an already full schedule of piano maintenance, but if you're seri= ous you'll need to bite the bullet.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David Pope</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bowling Green State University</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>