Dude. You shoulda paused a bit before hitting the send button on this one. If you're looking for negativity in people I guarantee you'll find it. If you think you operate in a "throat-cutting" environment with pianos and piano technicians, perhaps it would be useful to take a look at what kind of internal atmosphere you bring to the community. When I look around me, in Los Angeles, a place that's traditionally perceived as the sociopathic weasel capital of the universe, I see both musicians and piano technicians that are overwhelmingly good, honest, thoughtful, giving, smart, funny, complex people. My people. I also see the aforementioned weasels, but I don't have anything to do with them. At all. If I was a country, it would be a capital crime in my country to not treat others as you would like to be treated. Despite sounding cheesy and New Age-y, you DO attract people who live in the same kind of internal, moment-to-moment atmosphere you do. You need a friend to talk you down off the ledge, brother. DA > List, > I have not followed this thread so I don't have an opinion on who is > right or wrong. From what posts I have taken the time to read > though the same old > point is driven home once again. Some piano technicians think they > are god, and no one else could work the miracles that they do and > everyone other than > them is just s**t. A colleague in the Cincinnati chapter once > pointed this out to me. I was vary arguable for a time thinking the > technician just had > a chip on his shoulder. The longer I'm around a large number of > technicians though the more I think the colleague was correct in his > thinking. At one > time I would do anything to be a part of this list and all PTG > chapter meetings and conventions. My mind has changed though... > Its not worth it! Its not > worth putting up with people who have such a bad attitude. I just > go to my appointments, do my shop work and try to keep my mouth > shut. Musicians are legendary for having large egos and most of my > life I worked in that competitive throat cutting environment. I > have to tell you though piano technicians are just as egotistical, > perhaps more so than the musicians they/we serve. That is a true > shame! We work on perhaps the most primitive junk piles in the > musical world but yet some of us think we are just the gods all > pianists have been waiting fore. Don't misunderstand me, I am not > talking about any certain person, its just that this thread brought > these ramblings to the front of my mind. So, I guess that's all I > have to say now. I'm out to voice and tune an S&S B. > > Shawn Brock, RPT > 513-316-0563 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081227/7f8995dc/attachment.html>
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