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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Calisto MT"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calisto MT";color:blue'>Hi Kent,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Calisto MT"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calisto MT";color:blue'>I missed the
meeting this year because I misread my schedule that day. (When I’m
in that environment I get so disoriented as to what day of the week it is.)
What I’ve observed in the past is that the List members take care of the
technical issues thanks to email and the Internet and all the classes offered
by the Institute. What is lacking is the human contact…attaching
faces and names. Every year I’ve heard people asking for more of a
social gathering. Of course, because of our natural tendencies, we end up
talking about pianos and continuing our previous threads in person, but I don’t
see this as the main reason for getting together. Given that, a luncheon
or at the very least, a room in which to assemble would be a great start.
I remember one year we were offered a place behind a curtain in the Exhibit
Hall. It took me almost the whole time allotted to find it. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Calisto MT"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calisto MT";color:blue'>As far as taking
the Pianotech discussions into the class setting….Great!!!!
Everyone should benefit, not just those on the List. I really appreciate
your intentions to ‘evolve’ the group and I hope more ideas along
this line will flow in. When we consider the volume of topics discussed
and the numbers of people involved whether openly or lurking, it is an awesome
task to find something that will appeal to everyone. Thanks for the
effort.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calisto MT";color:blue'>jeannie<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calisto MT";color:blue'>Jeannie Grassi,
RPT<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:blue'>Bainbridge Island</span></font></st1:City><font size=2
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color:blue'>, <st1:State w:st="on">WA</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Kent Swafford
[mailto:kswafford@gmail.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, June 26, 2007 7:24
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Pianotech List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Pianotech Live</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>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...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'>Suggestions welcomed. Even at the last minute.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Jun 26, 2007, at 8:12 PM, J. Stanley Ryberg wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=1 color="#c00000" face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#C00000'>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?</span></font></b></strong><font
size=1 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#C00000'>Not being
sure whose idea it was to go this route, I can't direct my displeasure
privately. Am I the only one disappointed?</span></font></b></strong><font
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#C00000'>Stan Ryberg</span></font></b></strong><font
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font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#C00000'>Barrington</span></font></b></strong></st1:City><strong><b><font
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font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#C00000'> <st1:State w:st="on">IL</st1:State></span></font></b></strong></st1:place><font
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