<!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 id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks Dave.  I received the = Potter course and it appears to be quite comprehensive.  I am glad that I decided to = go this route.  I will keep at this old upright like you say and if I get = it sounding good enough, I might even use it on some recordings in the = studio..... especially "Honky Tonk" style or maybe play around with microtonal tunings.  Thanks again for the best wishes. </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><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@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> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 13, 2005 = 11:20 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Wanting to become = a Piano Technician</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Verdana color=#000000 = size=3> <DIV> <DIV>Kevin,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The Potter course is quite good.  I finished it several = years ago.  Even though I'd been involved with pianos for a long time, = it filled in many gaps in my knowledge.  Not that there aren't more = to be filled in all the time....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Good luck, and keep hackin' away at the upright!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>