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Emergency Request for The "Calculating Technician"

  • 1.  Emergency Request for The "Calculating Technician"

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 09-25-2020 00:37
    This is a sad story having to do with a colleague who had critical information from The Calculating Technician in spreadsheets that were not backed up. The drive crashed and his spreadsheets were not recovered.  The book is now out of print. So, here's the request:

    Is there anyone who would either sell, rent or loan a copy of The Calculating Technician so that my colleague can reconstruct his spreadsheets? 

    You can reply here or contact me either at
    keith@akinspianocraft.com or
    715 775 0022 9:30a-9p

    Thanks in advance.

    --Keith

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    Keith Akins
    Akins Pianocraft
    Menominee MI
    715-775-0022
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  • 2.  RE: Emergency Request for The "Calculating Technician"

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 09-25-2020 01:02
    If anyone actually has these spreadsheets could they post it or forward it to us all?

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    Blaine Hebert
    Duarte CA
    626-795-5170
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  • 3.  RE: Emergency Request for The "Calculating Technician"

    Posted 09-25-2020 08:49
    I have one...but some of it is dated, I believe. Personally, I purchased a spreadsheet calc program, and since its in excel, soup it up to meet my needs. But, you can borrow mine if you want.

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    Jim Ialeggio
    grandpianosolutions.com
    Shirley, MA
    978 425-9026
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  • 4.  RE: Emergency Request for The "Calculating Technician"

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 09-25-2020 10:00
    Just to be clear, Blaine... These are not spreadsheets but a book titled The Calculating Technician. My friend used formulas and values from that book in spreadsheets he developed for scaling. So, what he needed were some formulas to re-populate his spreadsheets.

    Keith Akins, RPT
    Piano Technologist
    715/775-0022 Mon-Sat 9a-9p
    Find me on LinkedIn





  • 5.  RE: Emergency Request for The "Calculating Technician"

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 09-25-2020 08:46
    How's this?  Hope it's not a copyright violation.


    PW=Calculating

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    Gary Bruce, RPT, CAGA
    Registered Piano Technician
    Certified Appraiser
    (405) 413-TUNE (8863)





  • 6.  RE: Emergency Request for The "Calculating Technician"

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 09-25-2020 09:57
    Thanks so much, Gary.

    Keith Akins, RPT
    Piano Technologist
    715/775-0022 Mon-Sat 9a-9p
    Find me on LinkedIn





  • 7.  RE: Emergency Request for The "Calculating Technician"

    Member
    Posted 09-25-2020 16:53
    If you are not doing it already I highly recommend having a subscription to an automatic backup service such as Carbonite. It has saved me more than once.

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    James Kelly
    Owner- Fur Elise Piano Service
    Pawleys Island SC
    843-325-4357
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  • 8.  RE: Emergency Request for The "Calculating Technician"

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 09-25-2020 18:01
    I have already mentioned that to the unfortunate colleague who had no backups. 
    But that is a definite lesson for anyone reading this who does not have serious backup for their valuable data. (My colleague lost all his contacts, as well��)

    Thanks for your comments.

    Keith Akins, RPT
    Piano Technologist
    715/775-0022 Mon-Sat 9a-9p
    Find me on LinkedIn







  • 9.  RE: Emergency Request for The "Calculating Technician"

    Posted 09-25-2020 19:19
    As a bibliophile I generally know how to find books, but I don't see a
    copy for sale at the used metasearch engines I frequently use:
    bookfinder.com or used.addall.com. I see two copies on Worldcat that
    lists the library copies closest to me, but I'm in Atlanta and these
    are both located in Kansas.
    https://www.worldcat.org/title/calculating-technician/oclc/25903112&referer=brief_results
    Booksellers, who always know how to find a book, might call such a
    book scarce or rare.

    Fortunately (I learned this googling "the calculating technician" and
    perusing the links) it appears the book's contents are in (actually
    from) the Journal, 1979-1981. I don't know if the Journal CD is still
    for sale, but these issues should be downloadable for PTG members.

    http://forum.pianoworld.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/1884508/The%20Calculating%20Technician%20by%20.html




  • 10.  RE: Emergency Request for The "Calculating Technician"

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 09-25-2020 20:31
    It's on the DVD that runs from 1979-2010. That's still for sale, and an insanely good deal at that.

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    Nathan Monteleone
    Fort Worth TX
    817-675-9494
    nbmont@gmail.com
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  • 11.  RE: Emergency Request for The "Calculating Technician"

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 09-25-2020 21:12
    Thanks, Benjamin.

    Keith Akins, RPT
    Piano Technologist
    715/775-0022 Mon-Sat 9a-9p
    Find me on LinkedIn