Tooner was Re: Where are the new techs needed?

[Willem Blees]

In St. Louis, a non-Guild piano tuner actually had TOONER on his vanity licence plate. When I asked him about it, he said he is a big band enthusiast, and likes to think of himself as a crooner. TOONER CROONER.  


Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Honolulu, HI
808-349-2943
www.bleespiano.com
Author of 
The Business of Piano Tuning
available from Potter Press
www.pianotuning.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Dean May <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com>
To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 6:47 am
Subject: RE: Where are the new techs needed?




A tooner is something of an epithet that I’ve previously argued is used a little too freely around here. They are a class of piano techs somewhere below pond scum and “illegal” immigrants (i.e., undocumented aliens without “travel papers”).

 

Paul here, inadvertently I’m sure, neatly gives us only two categories of piano techs, RPT’s and “tooners.” Real life is not quite that neat. 

 


Dean

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Paul T Williams
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 11:49 AM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: Where are the new techs needed?


 


Try Bellingham, Washington.  Seattle is saturated, but northern Washington needs more good RPT's.  There are "tooners" up there and a few RPT's, but not enough. 

That's all I have to give. 

Formerly from WA. 

Paul 




> Paul,

>  

> I'm sorry but I had to ask I've seen someone write this before, whats 

> the difference between an RPT tuner, and a "tooner" as so you put?

>  

> Alicia


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