Pianotech Live

[Jeannie Grassi]

Hi Kent,

I missed the meeting this year because I misread my schedule that day.
(When I'm in that environment I get so disoriented as to what day of the
week it is.)  What I've observed in the past is that the List members take
care of the technical issues thanks to email and the Internet and all the
classes offered by the Institute.  What is lacking is the human
contact.attaching faces and names.  Every year I've heard people asking for
more of a social gathering.  Of course, because of our natural tendencies,
we end up talking about pianos and continuing our previous threads in
person, but I don't see this as the main reason for getting together.  Given
that, a luncheon or at the very least, a room in which to assemble would be
a great start.  I remember one year we were offered a place behind a curtain
in the Exhibit Hall.  It took me almost the whole time allotted to find it.


 

As far as taking the Pianotech discussions into the class setting..Great!!!!
Everyone should benefit, not just those on the List.  I really appreciate
your intentions to 'evolve' the group and I hope more ideas along this line
will flow in.  When we consider the volume of topics discussed and the
numbers of people involved whether openly or lurking, it is an awesome task
to find something that will appeal to everyone.  Thanks for the effort.

jeannie

 

Jeannie Grassi, RPT

Bainbridge Island, WA

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From: Kent Swafford [mailto:kswafford at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 7:24 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Pianotech Live

 

I would not assume that this year's Pianotech Live session will be typical
of future ones. I wouldn't even assume that the Pianotech Live name will
stick.

 

The pianotech meeting at the convention has been a hit and miss session over
the years, and I thought it might be appropriate to try to evolve it a bit.
One idea I have heard would be to have lunch together (social) and then
extend the session into third period and deal with tech issues.

 

The institute is planned out months and months ahead of time. I thought it
might be cool to have a session into which last minute items might find a
place. The chance to have Mr. Stopper came about at the last minute, didn't
cost us anything, and dealt with tech stuff that had been on the list. I
thought the Pianotech Live was a good first effort, especially when the
soundboard animations starting working...

 

A subject that came up even later on the list was the little discussion
about string coupling. I would have loved to take that discussion into a
class period at the convention. All we would need would be a piano and some
interested techs. This is the idea for Pianotech Live -- current topical
stuff that people care about. I certainly am not trying to do away with the
social stuff; I like the idea of wearing some identifying something so we
can be running into pianotech people all week long.

 

The board apparently is making me chair of the electronic communications
committee in the coming year, so I will attempt to keep the Pianotech Live
session going; I suspect it will be different every year.

 

 

Suggestions welcomed. Even at the last minute.

 

 

Kent

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Jun 26, 2007, at 8:12 PM, J. Stanley Ryberg wrote:





List,

I remember this dust-up from approximately a year and a half ago (I haven't
checked the archives to date it precisely)...and the exchange below is
precisely why I felt that the List meeting had been hijacked. It was
predictable that this would be the outcome. May I now be on record as saying
that next year (and farther into the future, as well) I sincerely hope that
we can get back to having a chance to MEET with fellow Listers without the
infomercial?

Not being sure whose idea it was to go this route, I can't direct my
displeasure privately. Am I the only one disappointed?

Stan Ryberg

Barrington IL

 

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