Technician's Guide

[jpiesik@arinc.com]

    Dear List,

    At the risk of sounding like a commercial, here's some info on what
    looks like a potentially useful resource:

                      "PIANO TECHNICAL JOB AND WORK GUIDE

              THE PIANO TECHNICIANS GUIDE is a job time and work
              guide for more than 400 common repair, service and
              restoration procedures each for grand pianos,
              uprights and spinets, listed in a new convenient
              pocket format printed on durable heavy stock.

              This is a completely revised and expanded version
              of a guide produced in 1967-68 with several new
              features.  Every line has been re-evaluated in
              light of real job situations and its merit to the
              piano, the technician and the owner or musician.

              For the piano retail manager THE GUIDE can provide
              a means of assessing the costs of repairs for a
              customer, maintaining time control on shop
              projects and having some understanding of the
              piano technical staff's field operations and time
              investments.

              For the piano technician THE GUIDE provides insight
              into job requirements, job control, inventory
              requirements, work guides to eliminate oversights,
              a means for consistent results as well as an idea
              of how long complex and extensive operations may
              take.

              Additionally, for the new piano technician or
              student of piano technology THE GUIDE provides
              goals for improvement, aids in determining relative
              job merits and guides for estimates and
              appraisals."

          THE PIANO TECHNICIANS GUIDE can be obtained through the PTG Home
          Office (816) 753-7747 or from the author: Newton J. Hunt.

          Regards,

          John Piesik
          Piesik's Piano Service
          Carlsbad, CA
          JPIESIK@ARINC.COM