a kick in the butt.

[Horace Greeley]

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David,

Very well said.

It is sufficiently difficult to do things in a truly professional=20
way.  Taking pokes and jabs in the ether is scarcely the way to promote the=
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overall health and well-being of the profession.

No one goes into truly artistic piano servicing to "make money"...a=20
reasonable living, perhaps, if one is lucky...but, "money" in the sense=20
that so many businesses operate?  Feh!

Please - let's everyone dial it back a few notches and try to remember that=
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we are, first and foremost, human beings...there is too much to lose other=
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wise.

Best.

Horace




At 04:37 PM 5/9/2005, you wrote:
>I would like to state here and now, that it was NEVER EVER my intention to=
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>make any money on anyone on this list
>I perfectly understand that it could easily be read the other way, but in=
=20
>this case it is purely my enthusiasm that has driven me the last years to=
=20
>write about my experiences with the felt I have written so much about.
>Does anybody here think for one single moment that big money is to be made=
=20
>out of some silly front punchings? HAH....
>Come on folks, I have had a great time finding out about the result with=20
>my tiny felt thingees. Heck, it was fun and that's about it.
>
>The suggestion the other day of one of the list subscribers that I "should=
=20
>tone down my posts in respect to promoting my product" was actually a=20
>major hurtful insult. That was not just a respectful and ethical remark,=20
>but just a filthy kick below my belt, and I will never ever forget that.
>
>Fortunately, I have the ability to partially neutralize this destructive=20
>influence, so I will try to continue to behave the way I have before, and=
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>with an open mind, although it will never be the same as before, for=20
>obvious reasons.
>If one wants to kill and erase honest enthusiasm, for whatever sick=20
>reason... that's the way to do it.
>
>Andr=E9 Oorebeek
>
>
>
>Andre----Please understand that the subtext of your antagonizer=92s post=
 was=20
>crystal clear for those with eyes to see; I guess it=92s time for me to say=
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>this again:
>
>We have such a small, small world of high-end artisans; there are so many=
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>upsides to checking your ego and your rage and emotional issues at the=20
>door, BEFORE you step in. If you can=92t be here without respect, and=20
>collegiality, if you always have to be taking that little =93shot,=94
>making that offhand disparaging comment, doing that passive-aggressive=20
>thing, then you are, unfortunately still an emotional teenager, and don=92t=
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>really deserve to frolic among the adults.
>This means you, David Stanwood; you should watch your Freudian slips. I=20
>truly respect the work you=92ve done over the years;  please, in your=20
>postings, try to be worthy of that same respect.
>
>Let=92s face reality; we=92re all in business; we all have a profit motive;=
 if=20
>we were obsessed and driven by money, we=92d never in a million years work=
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>on pianos, but we all need and want and like to get paid. Andre, or Jurgen=
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>Goering, will never make more than chump change on punching sales. They=92r=
e=20
>doing it for love first, money second; if that doesn=92t make sense, then=
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>just hit delete right now.
>
>With my best for you,
>
>David Andersen

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