American School of Piano Tuning

[Wayne M. Williams]

Thanks.

Wayne Williams
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Ross" <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: American School of Piano Tuning


>I have heard of Mike MacDonald, but never met him.
> Good luck in your new occupation, it is/was a second career, for quite a 
> few of us.
> John M. Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.
> jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wayne M. Williams" <wwilliams11 at nycap.rr.com>
> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 12:22 PM
> Subject: Re: American School of Piano Tuning
> 
> 
>> Dear John:
>> I am starting to attend meetings of the PTG out of the Capital 
>> district of Albany. I am going to a meeting in Lake George to hear the 
>> Hilberts, rebuilders from Vermont do a presentation. Today I contacted 
>> Dick Dante from Long Island and I will be meeting him on August first.
>>
>> I have the Reblitz book, so I need to read it more often..
>>
>> Thanks for the info. By the way, I lived in Sydney from 1977 to 1991, 
>> where I taught instrumental and eneral music for the Cape Breton 
>> Distrct School Board. By the way, do you know a piano tech named "Red" 
>> Mike MacDonald from Sydney? He tuned our piano in sydnet and is a good 
>> friend who got me interested in piano tech away back in the 80's.
>>
>> Take care.
>>
>> Wayne Williams
>> Schroon Lake, NY 12870
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "John Ross" <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca>
>> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 10:37 PM
>> Subject: American School of Piano Tuning
>>
>>
>>> Hi Wayne,
>>> Get the Arthur Reblitz book from the library, it might help.
>>> The unfortunate thing, is that it is hard to unlearn wrong methods 
>>> that you have learned.
>>> Join the PTG as soon as possible, and possibly some RPT will take you 
>>> under his wing.
>>> The help you get will depend on the amount of work available, in your 
>>> area. Because it is kind of hard to train your future competition, if 
>>> you are short of work yourself.
>>> Just keep working, doing the best job you can.
>>> Don't charge for the amount of time it takes you, if you are getting 
>>> the job done by trial and error, the customer should not pay for your 
>>> learning experiences. Charge for the amount of time it should have 
>>> taken you, if you got it right the first time.
>>> John M. Ross
>>> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.
>>> jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Wayne M. Williams" <wwilliams11 at nycap.rr.com>
>>> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 10:24 PM
>>> Subject: Re:American School of Piano Tuning
>>>
>>>
>>>> Dear John:
>>>> I took the course from the American School in the year 200, and 
>>>> found that for repair work there is no easy way to explain it. It is 
>>>> indeed inadequate in this regard, and I soon found myself up to my 
>>>> neck, so to speak, in repairs I could not handle, I am in the middle 
>>>> of trying to repair and 1912 Kranich and Bach upright, and the owner 
>>>> is frustrated and growing more impatient by the day that I can't get 
>>>> it to work "right". I probably should take the randy Potter course. 
>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> Wayne Williams
>>>> Schroon Lake.Y 12870
>>