<!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 6.00.5296.0" 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><STRONG><FONT size=3>I saw a class listed for Rochester, this year.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>Two periods, Herb Lindhal is a good instructor.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>To prepare yourself, so you know what questions to ask, read Arthur Reblitz book, Player Piano, Service & Repair.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></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 3:13 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>