List - I would just like to second Ed Sutton's message about submitting technical material to the Journal. I can say from personal experience that it is just a great thing to do. Everyone who has been in the business for very long, probably has ideas they could share. Just because you don't "know it all" doesn't mean you don't have worthwhile methods and ideas that others would love to hear about. I certainly don't know it all - far from it, in fact, and I'm able to come up with monthly articles about procedures that we use in our shop that someone else hopefully could profit from. So if you're sitting there thinking, "Well, I could try writing about this," give it a try. The worse that could happen might be a polite, "No thanks," from the editor. It's been my experience, however, that the Journal staff is very willing to work to help bring your ideas to light. It's really fun to see your own ideas published in the Journal - something that beforehand, you would never think could happen. One hint, as far as writing about shop procedures. Take pictures, and lots of them. Good photos provide the framework for a well written article. With digital photography, it's simple to shoot a process from multiple angles, and go through them on the computer to find the best shot. (You would be amazed at the number of shop related photos I have on my computer!) Give it a try! It can really be a positive experience! Chuck Behm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090408/90c7d1f2/attachment.html>
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC