<!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 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks Matthew for the welcome. =
This list
looks extremely valuable for gleaning information. I will be =
lurking and
reading all the post daily. Sounds like you have a great =
plan. Also,
like me, looks like you were more interested in playing the
instrument rather than learning about 'teaching about =
it' while
you were getting your music degree. My main axe is saxophone and =
that is
what I majored on but over the years, I have been hired =
to play
keyboards more often. I'm not really a pianist, I just hack away =
on it
playing Country or Rock n Roll stuff in bands. I hope that becoming a =
piano
technician will help me survive independently as a musician and =
recording studio
owner/operator without having to go back into the corporate world =
working for
"The Man". Thanks again for your kindness.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin Cook</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://coyotedream.com">http://coyotedream.com</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </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=toddpianoworks@yahoo.com
href="mailto:toddpianoworks@yahoo.com">Matthew 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> Friday, May 13, 2005 =
12:19 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Wanting to become =
a Piano
Technician</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Hi Kevin,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I have been in the piano technology business for 30 plus =
years. I
have tuned for some of the great masters of our time and times past =
(Horowitz,
Gould, Kissen, etc). I am also able to perfectly tune 12 piano =
per day
at $250 per shot. I own my own island, and plan to marry a rich
widow. My nose is also growing considerably.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>No really Kevin, Glad to have you. I am very much a newbie =
to this
as well (this is the truth). I began Randy's course six years =
ago, and
then went back to my first love (piano performing). Since then,
shamefully, the course was put on the shelf. Well then, I made a =
commitment to myself that I would re-learn and finish this =
course. And
after I finish, apprentice with a technician, and learn the skills =
necessary
to pass the PTG exams. This is really what I want to do, not =
only for a
living, but because I am deeply in love with the piano (don't tell my
wife).</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I do have a degree in piano performance, but so far, that hasn't =
helped
my piano technology studies any. I do have an old beatup piano =
that I
have been practicing on like crazy.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thanks for introducing yourself to the
list.<BR>Matthew<BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>