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Posted by Mike Spaeth (Member # 524) on 09-28-2010, 01:44 PM:

I need to coordinate installation of 2 DTS 6-D units (newly refurbished) at a location in the South Bay on Thursday morning.

Does anyone have any recommendations on qualified service techs I can use?

Posted by Richard Hamilton (Member # 321) on 09-28-2010, 02:10 PM:

Clyde McKinney, one of the best [beer]

. He lives in the bay area.
McKinney Tech

Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 09-28-2010, 04:36 PM:

Sam Chavez from BACP is another good choice. [Big Grin]

Posted by Richard Hamilton (Member # 321) on 09-28-2010, 05:40 PM:

How far is Hawthorne? Tony would be a good choice. (if available). If not, Clyde, Sam or Lonnie (if he's still around) are the three best people I know from the bay area.
good luck, Rick

Posted by Sam D. Chavez (Member # 1841) on 09-28-2010, 09:53 PM:

To the best of my knowledge, Clyde is out of own in LA, Lonny lives in Boston these days, and I have a business to run, but thanks for thinking of me.

Who mentioned Hawthorne?

Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 09-28-2010, 10:09 PM:

Richard, thanks for the endorsement but if Mike's sites are in Northern California they are at least 6 hours and 400 miles away so the travel time and mileage I would need to bill for would be prohibitive.

Sam, Richard is referring to where I live. [Smile]

Which as you know is a bit of a drive from your area. [Wink]

Posted by Richard Hamilton (Member # 321) on 09-29-2010, 12:43 AM:

Mike, Have you asked DTS if they have any techs or recommendations for the area? Karen was always very helpful when I needed anything.

Sam, I think Clyde is always out of town or country. I forgot about Lonny moving. I used to talk to him for hours every weekend when I was going through my divorce. I ended up falling out of touch with him.

Rick

Posted by Richard Hamilton (Member # 321) on 10-06-2010, 12:18 PM:

So Mike, did you get them installed?

Rick

Posted by Mike Spaeth (Member # 524) on 10-06-2010, 01:51 PM:

Yes, sir. Clyde was in Qatar, but recommended another company (Harrah) that got it done.

Thanks for the help!

Posted by Aaron Sisemore (Member # 145) on 10-07-2010, 08:28 AM:

I could have used the work.

Posted by Mike Spaeth (Member # 524) on 10-07-2010, 03:18 PM:

I'll keep that in mind for any future work. I wasn't quite sure if San Jose was too much of a jaunt from Petaluma for you.

Posted by Mike Croaro (Member # 3123) on 10-07-2010, 08:02 PM:

Hi Mike:

"Harrah" as in Gerry Harrah of Harrah's Theatre Suipply in Hayward, CA?

He is a really good guy. He did work for a couple of theatres I worked in. He must be in his late 60's by now.

What theatre in the South Bay? Just curious.

Mike

Posted by Sam D. Chavez (Member # 1841) on 10-08-2010, 01:08 PM:

Some of us are way old. Don't let my picture fool you; I age but my picture does not. Jerry Harrah is even older than me, but he uses better preservatives.

Posted by Richard Hamilton (Member # 321) on 10-08-2010, 02:27 PM:

quote: Sam D. Chavez
I age but my picture does not

Sam, when was your picture taken? You look the same as the day I met you. I forget which year/trade show, but I think it was when you designed the 35mm analog penthouse reader for the Mega 8/70-35. Any way, you look the same in your pic as all the times I've seen you. [beer]

Rick

Posted by Robert Koch (Member # 3728) on 10-08-2010, 03:40 PM:

I`m so old my picture isnt posted and Jerry Harrah doesnt seem old to me. I remember him as a callow youth out of Spokane, who came to San Francisco to work in the purchasing dept of the old Fox West Coast circuit who were quite a player at that time. These days, nobody ever heard of them.

Posted by Bill Gabel (Member # 1105) on 10-08-2010, 05:11 PM:

Fox West Coast Theatres had some of the best houses on the West Coast. Mann Theatres bought what was left of the chain in the mid 1970's. And that's the rest of the story.