<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: AGaramond Bold"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1522" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <P> <DIV>Marshall said: " <DIV><FONT size=+0>HI Joe,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Thank you for the idea and insight. Are you the Joe that Randy Potter =</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>mentions in his course? Randy's course is pretty good although not =</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>great for those of us who are vision impaired. =20</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>What's your take on rubber mutes in the trebble, getting them to stay in =</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>etc?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Marshall,</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV>Yes, unfortunately, Randy does bandy my name about. A bit less, now, than in the earlier versions of his course, (thank god!)<G></DIV> <DIV>John Rhodes came up with a rubber mute that is attached to a magnet/cord. He was an instructor at the Piano Hospital, for a while and made it for the students, (visually impaired). I have regular contact with a visually impaired technician who uses one and loves it.</DIV> <DIV>Since you are "into" the RP Course, it's kinda closing the barn door after the horse is out, BUT, you could recieve a more in-depth piano technician curriculum from The Piano Hospital, Vancouver, WA. That institution is specifically geared to/for the Visually Impaired. Of course, you can still do it, but you may have to unlearn a few things.<G></DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)</DIV> <DIV>Captain, Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BODY></HTML>