Excellent! I will do this. -- JF On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:56 PM, Mark Schecter <mark at schecterpiano.com>wrote: > To all my brothers and sisters in piano work: > > One of the downsides of self-employment is the exposure we have to > catastrophic events. Although some of us are employed by institutions or > dealerships, most of us go it alone, and if something happens, we deal with > it in the best way we can scrape together, for better or for worse. > > Few of us have the resources to survive comfortably through any extended > period of unemployment, whether as a result of health issues, macro-economic > stresses, or sudden traumas. We just keep on plugging, with our fingers > crossed, and if we're fortunate, our spouse or partner will help pull us > through in a time of need. If we're the sole support, we're in real trouble. > > John Granholm will not be able to work for a good while. I don't have any > idea what his financial situation is, but presumably, if he didn't need to > be working, like most of us do, he would be fishing or golfing or otherwise > relaxing. In other words, he is suddenly facing, among daunting physical > difficulties, the prospect of no income, when just last week, the assumption > was he would be working for a living. > > Having been in similar straits once, though not nearly so severe, I well > remember the deep gratitude I felt for my fellow piano technicians who > helped me get through in my time of need. Members of my chapter of PTG tuned > pianos for me, and gave me the checks. I choke up right now just remembering > those acts of love and support. Nothing has ever meant more to me. > > So here's what I'm going to do: I will tune one piano a month for John > Granholm and send him the check, until he's able to return to work. This is > one way I can express my gratitude for PTG; for the generosity of its > members, my brothers and sisters, toward their fellows; and to John for his > contributions to our world. I want to ease his mind during his recovery. I > hope you will join me. > > -Mark Schecter, RPT > San Francisco Chapter since 1979 > > > -- JF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090501/d71d13d2/attachment.html>
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