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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>You guessed it Avery.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Reading between the lines of some previous posts
to the list. I believe others got their start there too.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>So we must be thankful, for it at least getting us
on the right track.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>John</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=avery@ev1.net href="mailto:avery@ev1.net">Avery Todd</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 03, 2005 10:05
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: average age?, previous
profession?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Was that the one in CA, I belive? If so, I started with that
one also. <BR>Thankfully, I got away from it! :-) <BR><BR>Avery<BR><BR>At
04:08 PM 1/3/05, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=arial><B>Hi List,<BR>I
did 25 years in the Royal Canadian Navy, retiring in 1981.<BR>My career
manager offered me the option of staying in the Navy till age 55.<BR>I said
no, as I had about 100 people wanting a piano tuning. Remember this is about
5 years after I started tuning.<BR></B></FONT> <BR><FONT
face=arial><B>I started doing pianos in 1975, part time, when our piano
tuner had a stroke.My Wife said, "who is going to do our piano now?" I was
reading a magazine at the time, and saw an ad for a course in piano tuning.
I completed the course in 1976.<BR>(I have since found out that is the
bottom of the list, as far as tuning courses go.) But it did get me
started.<BR></B></FONT> <BR><FONT face=arial><B>I joined the Guild, and
began attending conventions. It was true, the course I had taken, was a bad
course. <BR>But many conventions later, I now feel that I give good value
for money.<BR></B></FONT> <BR><FONT face=arial><B>This list and the
conventions are the best.<BR></B></FONT> <BR><FONT face=arial><B>Best
regards,<BR></B></FONT>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A><BR>
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