This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Don Thanks so much for this idea . . while we don't have a Chapter very = active in this area, we do have a pretty vibrant arts scene, with many = supporters. I'll take this idea to them and see what the interest is . = .=20 Jim -------------------------------------------------------------------------= Jim Kinnear www.kinnearpiano.com Collingwood, ON, Canada The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress =20 -- Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French Philosopher ----- Original Message -----=20 From: DBee840388@aol.com=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 10:41 AM Subject: Re: Loaning pianos to worthy students In a message dated 8/19/2004 1:04:18 AM Central Daylight Time, = joegarrett@earthlink.net writes: Jim Kinnear said: "I'll be donating a piano to some needy student = this fall . . . small, =3D but it's something . . . anybody else do similar stuff . . . any = ideas =3D or suggestions to watch out for ??" Jim, Not to inflate my worth, as a tech/person, but I do this as often as = the need arises. It has so many rewards, I can't count them. Let's face = it Musicians, (and most piano techs, as well), are not big in the money = department. A helping hand to any needy prospective musician is the way = to go, IMO. Best Regards, Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain, Tool Police Squares R I To Jim and Joe - We started a piano donation program in the Chicago = Chapter about....a year and a half ago (time flies!). It is called A = Gift of Pianos and we seek out individuals and organizations who have = piano needs, but limited resources to obtain and maintain such = instruments.=20 While we don't rebuild pianos in this program, we do completely = recondition them and then pass them on accordingly. One of the tenets = of this plan is to help Associates, or RPTs for that matter, to gain = experience with the opportunity to work on real life pianos under the = eye of more experienced technicians. In this regard, we would = specifically like to help those Associates who have a mind to, to = upgrade to RPT status. (This is only one of a good many efforts the = Chicago Chapter has entered into over the years to open to door to = Associates. Some take advantage of these efforts and, sadly, some do = not.) At the same time, we see this kind of a program as a promotion for the = Chicago Chapter and the PTG where people across our Chicagoland area = can learn of the programs merits. =20 At present, we've given away three pianos and have eight more in the = pipeline to be donated sometime soon. Don Bee, RPT Chicago Chapter ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/78/ef/45/4c/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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