Disklavier Class

[dale r fox]

Hi Greg,

say hi to Craig Fehrenbacher for Dale Fox if you would, please. Enjoy the
class.  Hopefully they will take you to Panda to eat.

Dale F

On Thu, 10 Feb 2000 01:37:28 -0500 Greg Newell <gnewell@EN.COM> writes:
> Dear List,
>     Today was the first day of classes at the Yamaha facility in 
> Buena
> Park. What a day it was. Our instructors exhibit only the best and 
> most
> knowledgeable professionalism. We have had  a day filled with a 
> great
> deal of information. I have been impressed with the knowledge of our
> instructors including Bill Brandom, Tom Kaplan and Craig 
> Fairenbacher
> (sorry about the spelling Craig) and Terry Nimi from Japan.  Yamaha 
> has
> been so very generous to us providing the hotel rooms, breakfast and
> lunch, a few new tools for us to keep along with a few manuals 
> outlining
> is easy to understand steps how to service the Disklavier 
> instrument.
>     I have appreciated the fellowship of fellow techs from Florida,
> Seattle, California, Missouri, New Mexico and Rhode Island. We are 
> able
> to brainstorm with our instructors in such a way that it is 
> definitely
> profitable for everyone involved. We even discovered a way to make
> hammer sensor rails easier to adjust!  The day seemed long only when 
> it
> was over and I looked back and remembered just how much we covered. 
> I
> must say that I encourage everyone who has even the remotest of 
> chances
> to attend to sign up and find a way to go.
>     I now understand that the  "Little Red School House" and the
> "Disklavier Service Seminar" are two completely different seminars. 
> I
> don't know why I never figured that out before but I sure hope I get 
> to
> come back for the Little Red School house one day. I have always 
> shied
> away from any kind of player work especially the pneumatic kind. 
> I've
> now come full circle and find that I would actually look forward to
> working on any Disklavier.
>     I'm also very impressed with the intelligent design that went in 
> to
> the Disklavier. There are so many functions in the control of this
> seemingly simple instrument. Did anyone get a chance to see that 
> Mark
> III at the NAMM show this year? They've mentioned a few things about
> them but I don't think they made it back to the facility yet. We may 
> not
> get to see them :>(  .
>     I'm gonna go get rested now so I will be alive for tomorrow's
> onslaught of new information.
> 
> Ciao
> Greg Newell
> 
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