<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=Windows-1252"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4616.200" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> = owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Billbrpt@AOL.COM<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 15, 2001 1:13 = AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: EBVT Broadcast on Live Radio 7/14<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><FONT size=2><SPAN class=180331322-18072001><FONT = color=#0000ff> <FONT color=#000000><<</FONT> </FONT><FONT = color=#000000>(Partial quote) </FONT></SPAN>You could not have heard the EBVT in performance last year = even if I had come.  I was only given 45 minutes to play intervals so you = could hear how "weird" it sounds and laugh at it.  In any case, I could = not have come anyway <BR>because I managed to sustain an injury June 25, 2000, = that meant I could <BR>barely work for quite a while.  I will have surgery for = it in August and <BR>should be at full strength come July 2002. <SPAN class=180331322-18072001><FONT color=#0000ff>  </FONT></SPAN><BR><BR>Bill Bremmer RPT = <BR>Madison, Wisconsin</FONT></FONT> <SPAN class=180331322-18072001><FONT = color=#0000ff size=2> >> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=180331322-18072001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN = class=180331322-18072001>Dear Mr. Bremmer,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=180331322-18072001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN = class=180331322-18072001>Since I was the Institute Director in Arlington last year, I can say that you = were not invited to teach in order to give the students someone to laugh at or = ridicule. You were invited to teach a subject you are passionate about in any = manner you chose within the guidelines set for _all_  instructors. During = the time I served on the Institute Committee we presented classes on alternative tunings every year and a Temperament Festival in Providence. = My partner and I tune alternative temperaments often and have even lectured = at recitals on their use. </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=180331322-18072001> I am sorry you were unable to attend = but I do wish to set the record straight as to the reason you were invited. It is = not my habit to subject fellow members to ridicule. </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=180331322-18072001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=180331322-18072001>Sincerely,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=180331322-18072001>Dale</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN = class=180331322-18072001> <P><FONT size=2>Dale Probst, RPT<BR>Member, TEAM2001<BR>PTG Annual Convention<BR>Reno, NV --July 11-15, 2001<BR>email: wardprobst@cst.net<BR>(940)691-3682 voice<BR>(940) 691-6843 = fax<BR>TEAM2001 website: <A target=_blank href="http://www.ptg.org/conv.htm">http://www.ptg.org/conv.htm</A><BR><= BR> </FONT> </P></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=180331322-18072001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=180331322-18072001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>