Great seminar today with David Andersen

[Avery Todd]

Glad Jim, Sr. is still up and around! I miss seeing him on the list!

Avery Todd

On Jan 14, 2008 11:00 AM, David Andersen <david at davidandersenpianos.com>
wrote:

>
>  On Jan 5, 2008, at 9:17 PM, Gary Telleen wrote:
>
>  David, on behalf of the Phoenix Chapter I would thank you for taking this
> time out of your busy schedule and making the trip over to Phoenix.
>
>
> The pleasure was truly all mine. For those who don't know, Gary is the PTG
> chapter president there in Phoenix, and he and his team extended a
> surprising invite to me last fall---to be the only instructor in an all-day
> seminar that would be the Arizona state conference; it would take place at
> Gary's big, beautiful shop out in the boonies near the mountains: a captive
> audience; nothing to do except listen me yap away. Mmmmm.
>
> Better yet, Gary said I was free to make up the day and the program as I
> saw fit, which turned a switch on big time for my interest.  Smart move,
> Gary. My description of the day is in the PDF below:
>
>
> About 40 hardy souls showed up, some from as far away as Utah, Nevada, and
> California. For me it was a huge success; it felt good, the questions were
> great, the wisdom in the room was mind-boggling---thousands of years of
> experience among the people there---
> good pianos to teach on, and---the big payoff for me---an obvious lighting
> of the lamp of the artisanal high end in a handful of technicians.
>
> I have discovered a huge, seemingly unending passion for teaching---I'm a
> former professional hambone, so the performance aspect of it is really
> fun---and I've rediscovered the absolute joy of giving away whatever wisdom
> and experience my mentors and 30-odd years of piano work have given me. So
> sweet.
>
> Jim Coleman Sr. not only stayed for the entire day, he was actively
> involved, as were Nick Gravagne, perhaps my favorite Italian hipster, and
> Michael Spreeman, builder of the Ravenscroft piano---who's got the most
> beautiful and best-feeling shop I've ever seen.
>
> At a pause in my tuning portion of the day, Jim actually showed the class
> a graph "proving" why my method of following the fourths and making them the
> key, the anchor for my tuning, is not only legitimate, but, in his words,
> "superior." Amazing. What an honor to be able to sit and talk with him as a
> friend, and what a massive personal "attaboy" for me.
>
> I loved the format and the spine of this all-day class, and I intend to
> repeat it. Chapter and conference leaders, please take note.
> Call Gary Teleen, or Jim Coleman, or Nick G.,  and ask them how it went.
> I'm fired up.
>
> Hope to see you all at NEECSO or in June at Anaheim......
>
> best,
> David
> davidandersenpianos.com
>
>
>
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