This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment What you say is true Richard. I am a licensed Professional Geologist in = Florida and whereas such licensing does not eliminate all the yo-yos = from the profession, it does keep the total rip-off impersonators from = practicing the profession. I think, however one needs to consider the = potential adverse affects that incompetence would cause in a given = profession. In the medical profession, it is obvious that an impostor = could cause much grief and irreparable harm. In the piano industry? The = only thing an incompetent technician can do is damage a piano and/or = wiggle a few dollars out of someone's wallet. Not that that's good, but = it can be fixed. One has to judge whether it is worth the hassle & = expense to license and monitor a whole profession that has minimal = impact on the good of society. Now, should we talk about whether there should be a licensing = requirement for the office of the President of the USA (talk about = potential irreparable harm) - you know, some basic requirement like = knowing how to pronounce foreign leaders names, and maybe just say a few = big words - so he/she at least appears presidential? No, no, oops! I = guess that is not piano related - so I won't even bring it up! ;-) Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Richard Brekne=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 6:30 AM Subject: Re: Rebuilding E-Guide Tony Caught wrote: What next is a licence to tune pianos AND a title saying that the person = isa technician. this should be worth a few more bucks. and once you = have acertificate ????? Hmm... I think I know where you are going with this... and if so then = I can only state again that a requirement by law to assure a person has = the minimum education and knowledge neccessary to do the work is not a = bad thing, nor is it governmental ivasion of privacy or any of those = nasty horrible things...=20 for the life of me I fail to understand this ....paranoia... thats the = only word I can think of for it..=20 Kindly disregard this note if I have misread your meaning.... grin. Sheeeshhhh..... what next ?--Richard BrekneRPT, N.P.T.F.Bergen, = Norwaymailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no Tony Caught ICPTGAustraliacaute@optusnet.com.au --=20 Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/fc/9d/47/2d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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