<font color='black' size='2' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></FONT><br> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 3px"><PRE><TT><TT>Well, Wim, Not everyone can make it to the convention ;-) So there ............. </TT></PRE></TT></BLOCKQUOTE></div> <br> <br> <div style="CLEAR: both"> <div> </div> </div> <div> </div> <div>Duaine</div> <div> </div> <div>There are piano tuners who say they can't afford to attend the convention. There are piano tuners who say they don't have the time. And there are piano tuners who think the convention is not worth attending. But then there are piano tuners for whom the PTG Annual Convention is THE most important event of the year, and they will do anything to attend. What so ironic is that they keep showing up year after year, because they've somehow found the time and the money to attend. Maybe there's something to that.</div> <div> </div> <div>Attached is an article I wrote after the convention in 1995, which I've updated for this year. But the sentiment is the same.  It probably won't change your mind about not wanting to come to Chicago next year, but it's at least a different perspective of why my wife and I go every year. </div> <div> </div> <div>Wim   <br> <br> </div> <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: Tue, Jul 17, 2012 7:58 am<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Pianotech?<br> <br> <div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 12px" id=AOLMsgPart_0_c83c45cd-42c9-44f7-9446-613f33ea01ff><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT>Well, Wim, Not everyone can make it to the convention ;-) So there ............. On 07/17/2012 12:37 PM, <A href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</A> wrote: > If you would have come to the convention you would have found out. > > Wim :) > > Yes, it will continue for at least another 6 months > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 17, 2012, at 10:00 AM, "Joseph Garrett"<<A href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A>> wrote: > >> Any news on the destiny of this list? >> Joe >> >> >> Joe Garrett, R.P.T. >> Captain of the Tool Police >> Squares R I >> -- 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>