<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV>Herb Lindhal's class will be a good one as has been said.  Ferd Pointer and I taught a class, years ago, when the Institute was in Orlando, FL.  Problem with repairs, in this day and age, is that usually it requires much more than just "a repair" on older players.  Player's from the 60's, 70's, and 80's you often can get away with a repair.  Most all can be tuned with relatively little disturbance of the player mechanism.  However, if the piano needs repair, and/or a string breaks while tuning, you've got to know your way around.  I'm a player tech.  My number one instruction is....</DIV> <DIV>ALWAYS have the customer show you how, or how well, or not, the player works BEFORE you touch anything, even just to tune!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Debbie L.</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Tvak@aol.com href="mailto:Tvak@aol.com">Tvak@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 19, 2006 2:13 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> player piano repair class</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>List</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My timing's off on this, but one class I've always looked for and never found at the National Institute is <STRONG>Basic Player Piano Repair</STRONG>.  I probably get 5 or 6 calls a year asking if I can repair the player mechanism on their piano and I'm afraid to touch the things for fear I'll break them.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It would be great to see a class that just covered some of the more basic repairs you would most likely encounter, and some instruction on how to safely remove the darn things in order to tune them more easily.  <BR><BR>Has such a class ever been scheduled in the past?  Or is there one in the works for the future, at any of the upcoming regional conventions, perhaps?  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Or is there a book available on the subject?  I'm not interested in becoming the "go to" guy on players in my area, but I would like to know something about the more common repairs I might encounter.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tom Sivak</DIV> <DIV>Chicago</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>