Hi Gina, Thanks for the idea. I did not mean to sound like sour grapes! *soft smile*. At 07:26 AM 3/27/99 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Don, > >For the record, it's not PTG's fault that they can't offer this to its >Canadian members. When I was on the Board we looked into this problem. If I >remember correctly, several factors beyond PTG's control affected this. One >was the international problem of an American company seeming to compete with >a Canadian company. Another was the cost. Don't remember all the details so >rather than give you inaccurate information, I suggest that you contact your >RVP to get the current and correct information. > >In the meantime you might contact a Canadian insurance company to see what >is available both in Tool & Bailee and in liability insurance. Good backup >to have, IMHO. > >Gina > >Gina Carter >Charlotte NC >-----Original Message----- >From: Don <drose@dlcwest.com> >To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> >Date: Friday, March 26, 1999 10:38 PM >Subject: Re: Absences doesn't make the heart grow fonder > > >>Hi Gina, >> >>Just one more thing that PTG *doesnt* offer it's Canadian members! >> >> >>At 09:35 PM 3/26/99 -0500, you wrote: >>>Don, >>> >>><<>I think I will no longer tune with clients absent.>> >>> >>>This is a problem for all of us and one which I've debated with myself. >Self >>>says don't go into an empty house because of the potential liability. Self >>>also says that if I stop this practice, I'll lose a large portion of my >>>work. So Self decided to continue but years ago took out the million $$$ >>>liability policy offered through PTG's Tool & Bailee Insurance. Doesn't >>>solve the problem but sure does give me some peace of mind. (Been lucky I >>>guess, never had to file a claim.) >>> >>>Gina >>> >>>Gina Carter >>>Charlotte NC >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Don <drose@dlcwest.com> >>>To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> >>>Date: Friday, March 26, 1999 6:43 PM >>>Subject: Absences doesn't make the heart grow fonder >>> >>> >>>>Hi, >>>> >>>>Today was interesting. I have in the past sometimes tuned for clients >when >>>>they were *not* at home. I.E. they would let me in, then go off to work. >>>> >>>>March 10 I tuned for a client who had made that arrangement with me. >>>>However, he decided he was too curious and so he stayed with me. He then >>>>asked me to drop him off at his work place. He had a lovely stereo set up >>>>so I asked if he would play a piece for me. >>>> >>>>This morning the police called wanting to know if I had been at his home >>>>tuning on March 10. I looked in my book and sure enough I had been. Later >>>>on the day of March 10 his home had been broken into and robbed--they >took >>>>his sound system. >>>> >>>>I think I will no longer tune with clients absent. >>>>Regards, >>>>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. >>>> >>>>Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts >>>> >>>>drose@dlcwest.com >>>>http://www.dlcwest.com/~drose/ >>>>3004 Grant Rd. >>>>REGINA, SK >>>>S4S 5G7 >>>>306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Regards, >>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. >> >>Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts >> >>drose@dlcwest.com >>http://www.dlcwest.com/~drose/ >>3004 Grant Rd. >>REGINA, SK >>S4S 5G7 >>306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner >> > > > > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts drose@dlcwest.com http://www.dlcwest.com/~drose/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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