back from K.C.

[jrpiano at eastlink.ca]

Glad you made it home safe.
I am still on the road. ( For a while yet) :-)
Yes it bwas nice putting a few more faces to names, and I agree about the classes.
No matter how many conventions one attends, you always learn something new.

John Ross 
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada


----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Sivak <tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sunday, June 24, 2007 7:31 pm
Subject: Re: back from K.C.
> I'm glad you had such a positive experience; wish I could say the 
> same.  Sometimes you pick the right classes to go to, and 
> sometimes, you don't. 
>   
>  Tom Sivak 
>  Chicago 
> 
> J Patrick Draine <jpdraine at gmail.com> wrote: 
>  Hello list, 
> Saturday before last (June 16) I left home (Billerica, MA) for the 
> "Piano Technicans Guild Promoting Piano Service Excellence 50th 
> Anniversary 1957 - 2007" (that's what it says on my champagne flute) 
> aka the 2007 Annual PTG Council and Institute, and after skipping 
> today's Sunday morning classes in order to catch a 7:55 AM flight, I 
> am home again. 
> It was a most excellent event! 
> Aside from the political activities (appropriate for that other list, 
> ptg-l), there were many opportunities to learn (and relearn) myriad 
> aspects of our craft(s), renew and make new friendships and industry 
> contacts, tempt onself with (and succumb to a few) tool purchases, 
> expensive meals and drinks (and some moderately priced, and some 
> comped at manufacturers' receptions), etc. 
> Thanks to one & all -- to mention a few in random order, the tuning 
> examiners supertuning and administering exams just below my room, the 
> PTG Home Office staff, the Institute Team (Malinda Powell, Mel Brooks, 
> Ward Guthrie, Jeff Hickey et al.), the moving team, and the many 
> excellent instructors (hats off to Roger J., Jon P., Dave A., Mike K., 
> Debra Cyr, Wally Brooks, for starters but I got up too early, fading 
> fast, so I'll leave it to others to express their own reflections!) 
> And of course, great to see many of the pianotech gang (John F., John 
> R., Cy S., Ron N., and the rest of ya). 
> Many thanks to all, 
> Patrick Draine 
> 
> 
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