Longitudinal Modes in Piano Strings (now OT)

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hey John , you almost make sense. <G>
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
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To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: Longitudinal Modes in Piano Strings (now OT)


> Darn, Jim!!
> 
> After hearing this I canceled my plans to attend the convention. Your
> class was the whole reason for going. When they put the (E) for everyone
> I thought  "now's my chance". To be privy to such high learning has
> always been my dream and this typo was my foot in the door!
> 
> When will such a an opportunity come my way again? It's not easy, I say,
> for someone with my a low level of education to slip into an advanced
> class at the "Once in Life Time - Big Deal" convention. No, not at all.
> Those hall monitors - or whatever you call them - are mighty tough, and
> nasty too I might add. One time, while trying to sneak into a high level
> class on plastic elbow freezing, they demanded to check my credentials.
> Sweating and shaking I did all I could do; I flashed the little PRT pin
> I bought at that convention were everyone got sick as a dog from the
> hotel food.
> 
> "Hell, its Hartman again," Said the big one with the trendy keyboard bow 
> tie.
> 
> "I seen him before tryin to get into that class on the secrets of the
> super glues. When are you going to learn, ha?" Said the short one with
> the few hairs shy of a true Trump comb-over.
> 
> "What do ya say Dan? I bet this guy doesn't know the difference between 
> a longitudinal wave and one of them transverse thingies?"
> 
> "Hey just a minute guys," in my mind I was making a fast retreat back to
> the safe haven of the exhibit hall," I was just stopping to tie my shoe."
> 
> "Yea right, I don't see no 'A' after that RPT just a measly 'E'."
> 
> I will stop this account at this point. All I can say is that what
> followed was not nice, neat or even sanitary. Till this day I haven't 
> found the nerve to crack the lid on spinet and the scent of freon gas 
> makes me queasy.
> 
> So this summer instead of attending the "Big Cheese" I will be hitting
> the books. I plan on finding out about the moment of inertia and the
> bending moments in beams. After all, I have just a moment learn. I
> better bone up on all that Latin and Greek talk so I can poly voo such
> terms at transverse and distal. Well wait a minute, first I need to 
> learn to read. That's going to be way hard!
> 
>  >> -----Original Message-----
> 
>  >> Subject: Longitudinal Modes in Piano Strings
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> On page 14 of the program for the 2004 Institute in Nashville,
>  >> which you received in the mail, my class, "Longitudinal Modes in
>  >> Piano Strings" is listed as (E) for "Everyone".  It is not.  It is
>  >> at the "Advanced" level, and I plainly marked it as such.  I do not
>  >> know who changed it, or why.
>  >>
>  >> Sincerely, Jim Ellis
>  >
> John Hartman RPT
> 
> John Hartman Pianos
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> 
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