The Tea Party of 2005
The only picture I had time to take.
A question?
Giving Boston another GO
350 Repairmen got together at a Sheraton in old Salem,
where they used to burn witches, now called, Danvers. Everyone knows by
now, that the term "Repairman" denotes a non-gender specific person who repairs
something specific or general for a living as a profession.
Repairman being an
"earned" title. You either can or you can't.
I was so busy talking about repairs, tools, methods and
techniques with so many interested Repairmen, I had no time for pictures and
they didn't care either. It was more about removing the wheat from the
chaff, and finding the correct information; which is sometimes difficult.
Some of the Repairmen in attendance I talked to were:
Meil Adams & Frans Philippens are from Adams Musical; Thorn, Holland
Ken Cance, Greg Beckwith & John Huth of Red Wing at Red Wing, MN
Russ Thomas & Jennifer Nicoletti of Thomas Music in Rochester, NY
Tom Getzen & Craig Anderson are from Getzen Co. in Elkhorn, WI
Paul & Cyndi Weller of Weller's Instrument Service in Kingston, MA
Jamie Hamner of the United States Marines in Camp LeJuene, NC
Mike Durocher of Keyano College in Ft. McMurray, AB, Canada
Daryl Hickman from Renton Technical College in Renton, WA
Dan Ensing, Mike Lutley & Wes Stevens of Yamaha in G.R., MI
Bob Frushour from Music & Arts down over in Frederick, MD
Jim Varno is from Brook Mays Music down in Charlotte, NC
George Allen is from Allen's Repair down in Richmond, VA
Leonard Zapf is from Music & Arts over in Pennsauken, NJ
James Ligenfelter from Roper Music in Grand Junction, CO
Ray Pappalardo of Germaine / Pappalardo, out in New York
AJ Johnson of Menchey's Music Service over in Hanover, PA
Joe Butkevicius from Michael Lange Music in Thomaston, CT
Glenn Woo from Saxaphone Showcase over in Flemington, NJ
Mike Webb and Barb Kremer of Brook Mays Music in Abilene, TX
Rod Taylor is from Taylor Band & Orchestra over in Akron, OH
Luis Pereira is from Twigg Musique in Montreal, QC, Canada
Shelly Maroff of Denny's Instrument Service in Davenport, IA
Duane Alt from Alt's Music Center located in Fostoria, OH
Brent Rosborough of Jupiter Band Inst. Co. in Austin, TX
Eric Satterlee from Meridian Winds way up in Haslett, MI
Scott Mandeville of Northridge Music in Northridge, CA
Rachel Baker is at Music & Arts up in Manchester, NH
Ed Strege from Badger State Repair up in Elkhorn, WI
Greg and Tessa Meis of Meis Repair in Lakewood, CO
Ken Sickenger is from Key Music over in Newburgh, NY
David Wilson of AB Repair Service of Charlottesville, VA
Brian Russell from Greenhoe Musical out in Jackson, WI
Tim Roethler of Paige's Music centered in Indianapolis, IN
Larry Gerhardt of Gerhardt's Music Service in St. Joseph, MO
Larry Naylor of Naylor's Custom Wind Repair in Centennial, CO
Rebekah Stilkey, still a student, but, not for long! Great Job!
Jeff Smith and Harold Phillips from JL Smith in Charlotte, NC
Wayne Tanabe is from The Brass Bow over in Arlington, IL
Lee Hambro from Regional Music Service in Milleville, NJ
Julie Jurgenson from JJ's Horn Clinic in Rochester, MN
Curt Alterac is from Music Medic down in Southport, NC
Jeff Vovakes from VT Musical Inst. out in Middlesex, VT
Bill Mathews formerly of Yamaha now in Normal, Illinois
Cal Christensen, Paul Bianchi and Shain Pettit, ALL military
Dempsey Summers of Memphis City Schools in Memphis, TN
Will Scarlett a very independent Repairman from McHenry, IL
Beverley Hawkins from Windworks Studio in Wallingford, PA
Noreen Garza, of the United States Army based in Virginia
Tony Hawks is from Driscol Music located in Lorain, OH
Joe Cassinat of Cassinat Music way out in Riverton, WY
Chuck Davidhofer from Wally's Music in Oregon City, OR
Mike Nye from Mike Nye's Instrument Repair in Tempe, AZ
Linwood Johnson of Music & Arts down in College Park, MD
Ross Watkins is from Watkin's Music located in Canton, OH
Ken Skitch and Jeff Tellock of Heid Music in Appleton, WI
Carl Thacker from Carl's Pro Band Repair in Normal, IL
Reg Thorp from way over there in Sussex, England
And, of course, Alma Sturgis Williams.
I know I talked with more people than this but, this is all I can remember.
If I missed YOU;
PLEASE, let me know! Gary FerRee, Repairman
Ferree's Tools-"the most copied tools in the world"
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