[pianotech] Pianotech?

[Susan Kline]

Well, Wim, in this case the conflicts are far more often than not.
In (2000?) the convention finally was held a week earlier than the
festival, and I went to Chicago and attended. (I remember
meeting you there.) And I met Guy Nichols there, who is sorely
missed.

In 2010, they were a week apart, but I was housebound convalescing
from Guillain Barre Syndrome. (Double vision, neuropathy, not nice).
It did allow Jeff Hickey to stand in for me. He'd been running the
convention in Las Vegas, which conflicted with another local festival
I always tune for. We had the very devil of a time getting that covered.
It showed me that concert tuners are pretty scarce (and VERY busy!)
around here.

I think what I'm trying to say is that sometimes excuses are true.

Susan Kline

tnrwim at aol.com wrote:
> Susan
>
> Over the years the convention has been held as early as the middle of 
> June and as late as the end of July. Of course there are always 
> conflicts. But to use 7 different excuses is just a way of saying "the 
> convention isn't worth anything to me". 
>
> Wim
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 17, 2012, at 9:10 PM, Susan Kline <skline at peak.org 
> <mailto:skline at peak.org>> wrote:
>
>> Well, Wim, there is also one piano tuner who has tuned for a small 
>> music festival
>> every year I could for fifteen years. Missed when my mother died in 
>> 2004, missed
>> when I was home ill in 2010, otherwise always there. I just got back 
>> from it.
>>
>> Now, if PTG would DEIGN to hold its convention EVEN ONCE at a time 
>> other than
>> exactly the SAME WEEK in July, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO ATTEND!!!
>>
>> They depend on me. I like them. Even if I were willing to miss their 
>> festival,
>> they'd be very hard put to find another qualified tuner the week of 
>> the convention.
>>
>> Why is it written that this particular week MUST be the time of the 
>> institute
>> every single year? Not a week earlier, not a week later, but always 
>> THAT WEEK?
>>
>> frustrated ...
>> Susan Kline, RPT
>>
>> tnrwim at aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>>     Well, Wim, Not everyone can make it to the convention ;-)
>>>
>>>     So there .............
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  
>>>  
>>> Duaine
>>>  
>>> There are piano tuners who say they can't afford to attend the 
>>> convention. There are piano tuners who say they don't have the time. 
>>> And there are piano tuners who think the convention is not worth 
>>> attending. But then there are piano tuners for whom the PTG Annual 
>>> Convention is THE most important event of the year, and they will do 
>>> anything to attend. What so ironic is that they keep showing up year 
>>> after year, because they've somehow found the time and the money to 
>>> attend. Maybe there's something to that.
>>>  
>>> Attached is an article I wrote after the convention in 1995, 
>>> which I've updated for this year. But the sentiment is the same.  
>>> It probably won't change your mind about not wanting to come to 
>>> Chicago next year, but it's at least a different perspective of 
>>> why my wife and I go every year.
>>>  
>>> Wim   
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Duaine Hechler <dahechler at att.net>
>>> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
>>> Sent: Tue, Jul 17, 2012 7:58 am
>>> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Pianotech?
>>>
>>> Well, Wim, Not everyone can make it to the convention ;-)
>>>
>>> So there .............
>>>
>>> On 07/17/2012 12:37 PM, tnrwim at aol.com <mailto:tnrwim at aol.com> wrote:
>>> > If you would have come to the convention you would have found out.
>>> >
>>> > Wim :)
>>> >
>>> > Yes, it will continue for at least another 6 months
>>> >
>>> > Sent from my iPhone
>>> >
>>> > On Jul 17, 2012, at 10:00 AM, "Joseph Garrett"<joegarrett at earthlink.net <mailto:joegarrett at earthlink.net>>  
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Any news on the destiny of this list?
>>> >> Joe
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
>>> >> Captain of the Tool Police
>>> >> Squares R I
>>> >>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
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