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<DIV><SPAN class=210473822-17032004><FONT =
size=3>Wim,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=210473822-17032004><FONT size=3>I would consider =
this in direct
violation, especially since all of your other abbreviations indicate a =
category
of achievement. This is an example of the exact sort of thing to be =
avoided. No one outside of PTG would understand what CTE or =
Certified
Tuning Examiner means in this context. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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class=210473822-17032004><FONT size=3>jeannie</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Jeannie Grassi, RPT<BR>Associate Editor, Piano =
Technicians
Journal<BR><A
href="mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net">mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net</A><=
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align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Wimblees@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 17, 2004 2:08
PM<BR><B>To:</B> caut@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: (no
subject)<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 3/17/04 2:39:01 PM Central Standard Time,
kswafford@earthlink.net writes:</DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px =
solid"><FONT
face=Arial>I find myself in disagreement with Wim over his use of =
the
acronym CTE <BR>on a web site, since this use clearly implies a =
credential.
Implying a <BR>credential was just the sort of use we intended to =
strongly
discourage.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV>This is what my web site says. (I composed it)</DIV>
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<P><B>Willem Blees</B>, Piano technician.
<DIV align=justify>BS. Ed. Northern Illinois University. MS Mus. Ed =
University
of Illinois. Registered Piano Technician (RPT) and Certified Tuning =
Examiner
(CTE) in the Piano Technicians Guild (PTG). Served on the PTG Board of =
Directors as Central West Regional Vice President from 1985 - 87. =
Instructor
at numerous PTG sponsored seminars and technical institutes. Avid =
handbell
player, composer and arranger and conductor. Piano technician at the
University of Alabama since 2001. </DIV>
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<DIV align=justify>Is this wrong?</DIV>
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<DIV align=justify>Wim </DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>