Morning, all, I promised Gina (privately) that I would post an abbreviated bio to the list. I'm tending to agree with her assessment that the quality of posts from any individual go further in establishing credibility than any bio such as the following: As far as my alleged qualifications... After dabbling at tuning, aided and abetted by Wm Braid White, getting out of the service and returning to Michigan State, I really learned to tune under Owen Jorgensen. I remember more than once Owen giving me a handwritten set of tuning instructions for some weird (a.k.a. HT) temperament. He was, at that time, writing his first book and probably figured that if _I_ could tune it to his satisfaction, _anybody_ could. There are several others on the list {lurkers - you know who you are} who could say the same thing. I worked a series of day jobs then went to Western Iowa Tech, apprenticed at Aspen (where I learned a lot about harpsichords), worked for stores in Sioux Falls,SD and Phila. Spent a week at Steinway with Joe Bisceglie - what a hoot! Been here since '81. 84 quasi-normal pianos, 1 square, 1 fortepiano replica, 4 harpsichords, 5 tracker pipe organs, occasional teaching. FWIW -Flamesuit qualifications- As my business owner father's son, I naturally saw a lot growing up and later worked summers and later fulltime at the "shop". My experiences include sweeping, shipping and receiving, assembly and finally, sales and technical representative. What of? Patents which my father and the company held are for the machinery and process for texturing synthetic fibre called Taslan (TM). So, I've not only designed the flamesuits, but the yarn and fabric as well. ;-} More than you wanted to know, so why haven't you already hit the "delete"?? Conrad Conrad Hoffsommer Office - (319) 387-1204 Acoustic Keyboard Technician - Luther College 700 College Drive, Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu -or- pno2ner@salamander.com If I had multiple personality disorder, my resume would make more sense.
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