Dear Jim: Thanks for a lengthy and intelligent reply to Danny's question. Virgil Smith was a professor of mine long before I knew anything about PTG. At that time he was worshipped in Chicago as a tuner. Robert Carbaugh, a fellow instructor at MBI was my first introduction to tuning, then, finishing with Jim Geiger some twenty five years later, I learned "Virgil Smith doesn't know what he's talking about." Attending Virgil's class in Alb. a couple of years ago, he opened up with, "In deference to Jim Geiger, who is a fine tuner, he doesn't know what he's talking about." As a relatively inexperienced tuner, like Danny Moore, and one who hasn't formed a great number of opinions, except that there are a lot of opinions, this experience noted in the PTG mag. with you two, and your further explanation has been exciting. Thanks again. Leslie Bartlett M. Mus Houston Chapter PTG lesbart@juno.com
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