CD ROM Project Rant

[Ken Jankura]

At 10:21 PM 6/10/99 -0500, you wrote:
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>>Prepare for a little ranting and raving:
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>>Ken Jankura, RPT
>>South Central Pennsylvania Chapter
>>Piano Technicians Guild
>>Newburg, PA
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>Well hell, it's late, I'm tired... why not respond?
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>Yo Ken! Any random piano hobbyist that can pick up any of the PTG technical
>literature and immediately wage successful competition against a long
>standing and "classically educated" Guild member on a "quality of
>performance" basis has my immediate and profound respect. Anyone smart
>enough to do that is definitely someone to have around. If you happen to
>have names. I have a few hundred questions for him/her.
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> Ron 
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Well, it's even later, I'm even more tired, might as well re-respond.
Ron, there are a couple of assumptions in your response which I would like
to end run, if I can. Not every deserving Guild member is classically
trained nor of long standing. Count yourself blessed. And as "built for a
buck, sold for a C-note" Nike proves, there is a lot of gullibility out
there in the buying public, where 'quality of performance' ranks somewhere
below 'whiteness of smile' and 'glossiness of brochure', and plenty of
damage to be done by the hobbyist with great p.r. skills :-) 
Ken