What would YOU do?

[Keith McGavern]

>I believe two factors which have increased public awareness of the PTG and
>RPT's are the Internet and Larry Fine's book.  One of the first sites any
>piano lover finds on the Internet is www.ptg.org, which certainly educates
>the public on piano maintenance and the value of RPT's, and refers people
>to local PTG sites as well.  Or look at the presence of RPT's on a public
>forum such as rec.music.makers.piano, where Keith McGavern, Frank Weston,
>John Musselwhite and others temper the more outrageous comments of the
>non-technical contributors...
>
>You are seeing the benefits of good "public relations", in my opinion.
>
>For what it's worth!
>Cork Van Den Handel

Thank you for the insight to some of the reasons why this may be possible,
Cork.  You're comments are greatly appreciated.

BTW: Frank Weston, to the best of my knowledge, is not a RPT, nor a member
of the Piano Technicians Guild.

Sincerely,

Keith A. McGavern
kam544@ionet.net
Registered Piano Technician
Oklahoma Chapter 731
Piano Technicians Guild
USA