Pianotech Live

[Kent Swafford]

I would not assume that this year's Pianotech Live session will be  
typical of future ones. I wouldn't even assume that the Pianotech  
Live name will stick.

The pianotech meeting at the convention has been a hit and miss  
session over the years, and I thought it might be appropriate to try  
to evolve it a bit. One idea I have heard would be to have lunch  
together (social) and then extend the session into third period and  
deal with tech issues.

The institute is planned out months and months ahead of time. I  
thought it might be cool to have a session into which last minute  
items might find a place. The chance to have Mr. Stopper came about  
at the last minute, didn't cost us anything, and dealt with tech  
stuff that had been on the list. I thought the Pianotech Live was a  
good first effort, especially when the soundboard animations starting  
working...

A subject that came up even later on the list was the little  
discussion about string coupling. I would have loved to take that  
discussion into a class period at the convention. All we would need  
would be a piano and some interested techs. This is the idea for  
Pianotech Live -- current topical stuff that people care about. I  
certainly am not trying to do away with the social stuff; I like the  
idea of wearing some identifying something so we can be running into  
pianotech people all week long.

The board apparently is making me chair of the electronic  
communications committee in the coming year, so I will attempt to  
keep the Pianotech Live session going; I suspect it will be different  
every year.


Suggestions welcomed. Even at the last minute.


Kent






On Jun 26, 2007, at 8:12 PM, J. Stanley Ryberg wrote:

> List,
>
> I remember this dust-up from approximately a year and a half ago (I  
> haven't checked the archives to date it precisely)...and the  
> exchange below is precisely why I felt that the List meeting had  
> been hijacked.  It was predictable that this would be the outcome.   
> May I now be on record as saying that next year (and farther into  
> the future, as well) I sincerely hope that we can get back to  
> having a chance to MEET with fellow Listers without the infomercial?
>
> Not being sure whose idea it was to go this route, I can't direct  
> my displeasure privately.  Am I the only one disappointed?
>
> Stan Ryberg
> Barrington IL

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