<font color='black' size='2' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'> <div>Or contact Randy, and ask him if he has any students in Wisconsin. </div> <div> </div> <div>Wim </div> <div></div> <div style="clear: both;"> <div> </div> </div> <div></div> <div></div> <div style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: 10pt;">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Patrick Draine <jpdraine@gmail.com><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Mon, Feb 11, 2013 8:12 am<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] apprentice<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_ecb3233d-b4aa-4557-b139-27792cc73124"> I suggest you contact the Chicago School of Piano Technology. They probably have recent or upcoming graduates who will find this a mutually beneficial situation. If you wish to throw your net further, contact the North Bennett Street School in Boston. <div> Patrick Draine<br> <br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Don Hubbs <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:donhubbs@mwt.net">donhubbs@mwt.net</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;" class="gmail_quote"> <div lang="EN-US" vlink="purple" link="blue"> <div> <div class="MsoNormal">I am getting older (63) and think I have enough business now to add an apprentice, but I am not sure how best to find someone. I have always been a one-man operation in a rural area and so I have had to learn to do whatever came along for work. <u></u><u></u></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Does anyone have a suggestion for how to solicit for someone strong enough to do the lifting, smooth enough to sell the tunings, young and poor enough to need the work, good with case repair and touch-up, willing to live in rural Wisconsin, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, etc.? <u></u><u></u></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div> <div class="MsoNormal">On the plus side, I have a steady business, shop space, tools and equipment, patience, and a willingness to train someone.<u></u><u></u></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <u></u> <u></u></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Thanks for your suggestions.<u></u><u></u></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Don Hubbs<u></u><u></u></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:donhubbs@mwt.net">donhubbs@mwt.net</a><u></u><u></u></div> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> <br> </div> </div>  </div> </font>