<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'><br> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 3px"><PRE><TT>Furthermore, if more of you would - add - this service to your arsenal of talent (instead of complaining about it) then you should - never - be without work. Just my take</PRE></TT></BLOCKQUOTE></div> <div>I've thought about becoming an organ tech when I first got into piano tuning. (which would have transferred to being an electric keyboard technician). But decided against it, for two reasons, One, after talking to Ken about it, it would have meant a lot more inventory of parts and tools that I didn't want to do. And second, I've never liked working on electric things. Eletricity and me just don't get along. So it's not a matter of complaining, it's a matter of not choosing to go into that line of work.</div> <div> </div> <div>Wim <br> <br> </div> <div style="CLEAR: both"></div> <br> <br> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Duaine Hechler <dahechler@att.net><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Sat, Sep 3, 2011 4:08 pm<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] !!! Re: Electronic Keyboards - NOT "pianos"!!<br> <br> <div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 12px" id=AOLMsgPart_0_8123a206-a02f-46bd-96c5-05518211d4ee><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT>Atta boy, you tell 'em Ken..... Furthermore, if more of you would - add - this service to your arsenal of talent (instead of complaining about it) then you should - never - be without work. Just my take. On 09/03/2011 08:58 PM, Ken & Pat Gerler wrote: > That is where "Musical Instrument Technicians Association, International (MITA, Int.) comes in. (<A href="http://www.mitatechs.org/" target=_blank>www.mitatechs.org</A> > <<A href="http://www.mitatechs.org/" target=_blank>http://www.mitatechs.org</A>>) Our membership, working in coordination with one another are keeping older instruments > going for customers the world over. There are invariably techs that works for dealers that acquired extra parts for > the purpose you note - keeping them going. Then there are members of our organization that have the skills to repair > assemblies of instruments that the factories are no longer supporting, having been associated with factories in the past. > Dale Probst and Allen Gilreath have both been members of MITA, Int and can vouch for what I have posted above. > Ken Gerler, President > MITA, Int -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing& Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 <A href="mailto:dahechler@att.net">dahechler@att.net</A> <A href="http://www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com/" target=_blank>www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com</A> -- Home& Business user of Linux - 11 years </TT></PRE></div> </div> </font>