<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Setting downbearing on different types of boards = (old and new, varying degrees of crown), theory and methods, would be of interest to me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@AOL.COM = href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM">Wimblees@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> ; <A = title=Board@ptg.org href="mailto:Board@ptg.org">Board@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> July 24, 2002 12:46 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Is there any interest? = was Re: no comp. </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>Del and I have been discussing what subjects = could be offered at the convention that would attract more technicians, = especially the older, more experinced ones who have not been coming to the = conventions recently, because there just aren't enough interesting topics offered. = <BR><BR>The challenge is to come up with topics that might be of = interest, and an instructor who could present that topic, (or offer to teach it = yourself). <BR><BR>For the Board, could consideration be given to offer =  instructors additional compensation to come up with more advanced topics? = <BR><BR>Below is the Del's latest comments on the subject. These ideas, hopefully, will = be taken into advicement by the Institute Committee. <BR><BR>Wim = <BR><BR>In a message dated 7/24/02 12:53:31 PM Central Daylight Time, pianobuilders@olynet.com writes: <BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE"><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Lucida Sans Unicode" = color=#000080 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff = 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">This is where I would like to see some ideas come out. = What subjects, courses, ideas would attract those who feel the = convention isn't offering enough? Would there be enough of these kinds of classes = to fill out a schedule, or are there going to be only a few, like your environmental class, that hopefully would attract some of the = technicians that no longer attend?  The second problem with this is, if = you have some new classes next year, what will have to be offered the = following year, and the next? Is there ever going to be enough new material = to have those technicians you're talking about, coming back year after = year? </FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#000000 = size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 = face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT = lang=0 face=Arial color=#000080 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Well, I don't know = what could be offered. I don't know <BR>what other people are interested in. What = they are doing in their 'spare' time. <BR>What excites them. What is driving = them on. We'll have to search a bit. <BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial = color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 = face=Arial color=#000080 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">As to what to do the = year after...let's worry about <BR>that next year. Each year will present = troubles enough of its own.</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial = color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> <BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff = 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE"><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Lucida Sans Unicode" = color=#000080 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">The next question = is, who is going to teach <BR>those classes? I know you spend a lot of time = preparing new classes, like the <BR>class I just mentioned. But who else is = willing to take the time, and present <BR>it, with little or no compensation? = Are we gong to run into the same problem? <BR>Are the advanced = technicians who have given of their time and talent for all <BR>these many years, = and felt "taken advantage of," be willing to step up to the <BR>plate, and = do it again? </FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Lucida Sans Unicode" = color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 = face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT = lang=0 face=Arial color=#000080 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">And that, of course, = brings <BR>us back to where this all started. Yes, eventually we are going to run = into the <BR>same problem. With the current policies it will probably be = impossible. But <BR>those policies must ultimately change--it is only a matter = of time.</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> = <BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML= >