<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Alan,<div><br></div><div>Good words!  I don't know anything about the PTG website doing this (not to say that they're not), but the Foundation is collecting and producing videos.  We have a committee for that very thing and Leon Speir is the Chair.  I see John Parham on this list with some regularity.  He's agreed to serve on that committee as well.  There have been many videos made over the years and many need to be made.  They all need to be collected in a usable format so they can be viewed by our membership.  (We have a website development committee too!) This is in the works.  If you know of any or have any videos, please let me or Leon or John know.</div><div><br></div><div>My sincere sympathies to Michael's family.  He is greatly missed.</div><div><br></div><div>Laura Olsen</div><div>PTGF President</div><div><br><div><div>On Aug 31, 2011, at 9:23 AM, Alan Eder wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><font color="black" size="2" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi John,</span><br> <div style="font-family:helvetica,arial;font-size:10pt;color:black"><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid blue; padding-left: 3px;"><pre><tt> Who in the chapter has inverviewed Michael on video?</tt></pre><tt></tt></blockquote></div> Thanks for posing this very pertinent question.  As many of you know, Rick Baldassin, Richard Davenport and I video taped a three hour interview with Norman Neblett.  Turned out that had we waited a mere three more months, we would have been left with no record at all of Norm in his own words.  A half-hour edit of that session will appear on the PTG website, the first of many to come (or so I am told).  If there is someone that you would like to be so honored, please bear in mind that without having the raw material in hand at the time of their passing, it won't happen. <div><br> </div> <div>Allow me to join those other voices in urging people to seriously consider making some sort of recorded tribute of senior members, particularly your mentors.  I am drafting an article for the Journal to help in the process.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Thanks,</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Alan Eder<br> <br> <div style="clear:both"></div> <br> <br> <div style="font-family:helvetica,arial;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original Message-----<br> From: johnparham <<a href="mailto:johnparham@piano88.com">johnparham@piano88.com</a>><br> To: pianotech <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br> Sent: Tue, Aug 30, 2011 3:03 pm<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Michael Drost Passing<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_0_0c19a877-eef7-43d7-927b-99b52cc53ada" style="margin: 0px;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;font-size: 12px;color: #000;background-color: #fff;"> <pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>Our sympathies to the family and friends of Michael Drost. We are loosing our most valued resources in our older members. Who in the chapter has inverviewed Michael on video? Keep that tape for family and for historical data. -John Parham > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [pianotech] Michael Drost Passing > From: Ron Berry <<a href="mailto:berrypiano@gmail.com">berrypiano@gmail.com</a>> > Date: Sat, August 27, 2011 1:27 pm > To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a> > > > Michael Drost passed away on Friday. Mike was a wonderful instructor of > piano technology, including at University of Wisconsin, River Falls. Mike > was a past RVP for the Central West Region. Funeral services are not yet > set, but will be later in the week. > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Ronald Berry Piano Service > Indianapolis, IN > 317-255-8213 > <a href="mailto:ron@berrypiano.com">ron@berrypiano.com</a> > <a href="http://www.berrypiano.com/" target="_blank">http://www.berrypiano.com</a> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Ask me about Healthy Chocolate! > <a href="http://www.berrygoodchocolate.com/" target="_blank">http://www.berrygoodchocolate.com</a> > > Public Key > <a href="http://www.berrypiano.com/key/Ron_Berry.txt" target="_blank">http://www.berrypiano.com/key/Ron_Berry.txt</a> </tt></pre> </div>  </div> </div> </font></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>