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[pianoman]

Hi all,
I don't know what a "message therapist" is?
This is another example of how you can fool a spell checker or verse visa.
:>)
 James Grebe
R.P.T. of the P.T.G. from St. Louis, MO. USA, Earth
Piano Service and Piano Peripherals
Creator of Hardwood PLTR's and Custom Piano Benches
pianoman@inlink.com         If I wake up in the morning, it WILL be a great
day!

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> From: Frank Cahill <fcahill@erols.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: advertising
> Date: Sunday, August 02, 1998 8:54 AM
> 
> Tom Cole wrote:
> > 
> > Frank Cahill wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > I wonder how many tuners are supplementing there piano income with
other
> > > work?  One RPT here has become a message therapist in order to make
more
> > > bucks.
> > > --
> > >
> > Is this person a Registered Physical Therapist? If so, do they put RPT
> > after their name twice?
> > 
> > --
> > Thomas A. Cole RPT
> > Santa Cruz, CA
> 
> 
> NO...this fellow is not a physical therapist.  Physical therapists need
> a degree...I think now they must have a Masters in physical therapy to
> enter the field.
> 
> Massage therapists in Virginia take a 9 month ( I'm not sure about the
> length) certificate program.
> 
> To get the services of a physical therapists, you need a physician's
> referral.  Anyone can go to a message therapist.
> 
> Phisical therapists are usually involved in rehabilitation.  I my view,
> massage therapists are mostly feel good stuff along with stress
> reduction...not a bad thing, but a $60 a session, definitely a yupppie
> kind of thing.
> 
> Oh yeah...I never did like the RPT designation for piano techs...just
> because it was already in use.  But I have too many other things to
> worry about to lose sleep over it.
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Frank Cahill
> Associate Member
> Northern Va