<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows= -1251"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1522" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER= -LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none"> <P>Joe,</P> <P>How about chip tuning...;-]    </P> <P> </P> <P>Tool Kits:   everyone brings their tool kit.   T= his is a good time to actually clean up that tool kit put everything ba= ck where it is suppose to go<BR>Retrofitting the Steinway pitman</P> <P>Lyre repairs (invite Isaac S. to come up)</P> <P><BR>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, California<BR><BR></P> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5p= x; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: "Joseph Garrett" <JOEGARRETT@EARTHLINK.NET><B= R>To: pianotech <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: 10/17/2005 10:10:24 AM= <BR>Subject: Re: Chapter Technicals<BR><BR> <P> <DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT size=+0>I was drafted to serve as my chapter'= s program chair,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>primarily responsible for coming up with topics fo= r</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>technical training at our monthly meetings. My</FO= NT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>quandry is coming up with topics that are of inter= est</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>to those who have been in the biz for 30 years. </= FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Newbies are easy. Everything is interesting to the= m</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>(me, us). </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Would you, my fellow listers, take just a moment t= o</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>list your favorite technical topics? Perhaps a</FO= NT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>sentence on what turned you on the most about it/t= hem?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Any chapter activity is fair game: technical class= es,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>discussions, experiments, forums, or tours, (perha= ps</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>even social events like parties or picnics). What = did</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>you do over the last year that you liked the most?= </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Thanks, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Might I suggest the Chapter Tool Kit, from the Home= Office.  The Portland Chapter has a "Roll Yer Own" contest/techni= cal every year. The criteria is: 1. You have 5 minutes to give a tip/te= chnique with 5 minutes of questions. 2. All members are invited to part= icipate. 3. When all have "presented", a secret ballot is taken. 4. The= winner gets a sum equal to one year's Chapter dues. The second place w= inner gets 2/3 of the Chapter's dues. The third place winner gets 1/3 o= f the Chapter's dues. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>It is usually very informative and fun. This was or= iginated by Richard Wagner and has been a mainstay for many years.</FON= T></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Another popular "technical" is a tool auction. All = techs bring tools/parts/misc., that they no longer have use for. The "a= ucioneer" is the heart of this and should be someone who is a bit of a = ham.<G> The whole thing is great fun and many come away with all = kinds of "treasures".<G></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Regards,</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)</DIV> <DIV>Captain, Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>