Hi Bill, Your "rant" would be better placed on PTGL which is a closed list. At 12:13 PM 3/14/02 EST, you wrote: >In a message dated 3/14/02 10:41:55 AM Central Standard Time, A440A@AOL.COM >writes: > > > by side comparisons with ET have >never failed to waken significant percentages of listeners to the added >resources of the WT's, and in my experience of the last 9 years, this applies >to technicians, teachers, and pianists alike. > > > "There's no room", "not enough interest", "too much stress"...etc. > >Now, they can provide for full day or multiple day presentations on >rebuilding but what percentage of piano technicians are involved with or >even interested in rebuilding vs. the percentage interested in tuning >advancement? > > This, with only word of mouth and passing out flyer advertising. > > To even get my tuning done, I had to endure repeated harassment from >Wally Brooks who is well known for his hatred of the very idea of what he >calls, "Hysterical Temperaments" and "tuning the piano out of tune". > >Any complaint about this brings the usual, "I tune HT's myself", "we've had >that before", "we have 4 classes on this subject" (but 5 on player pianos) >[the kind with the paper rolls], "we're all volunteers, you wouldn't >believe the amount of work we do, blah, blah blah..." > > Haven't you gotten any lately? > >Bill Bremmer RPT >Madison, Wisconsin > Click here: -=w w w . b i l l b r e m m e r . c o m =- Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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