underwriter lab (was "What would you do?")

[Jon Page]

FWIW,
The PTG is an organization, much the same as Consumer Reports.
To that end they could publish a guide and stay out of endorsement.
After all, it's hard enough to mind your own business.

Now that would be an interesting CR article:  pianos
Not surveyed by the average home buyer/tester, but by technicians'
opinions.  THAT would make the man'f'r's take a look and listen.

As if techs sell pianos, salezmen do, PR, price, furniture value.

PTG is an organization promoting a guild tradition and is a teaching
felicitator.  Do not lay an extra burden on the staff even if it means
increased
revenues from endorsements. Nothing is benevolent.

Now, get back to work,

Jon Page


At 12:10 AM 12/01/1999 +0100, you wrote: 
>
> I aggree. This is a good idea. It shouldnt be all that difficult to
arrive at
> a reasonable level of minimum quality to get the PTG stamp of approval.
> Further the PTG should be able to provide guidelines for technicians as to
> what to do in such cases as the origionator of this thread ran into. There
> are lots of reasonable approaches to dealing with the problem of very low
> quality production. It is a real problem, it causes undue pressure on
> legitimate producers, and is a detriment to the entire industry. We, the
> technical community can contribute to easing the problem. 
>
> Richard Brekne 
> I.C.P.T.G.  N.P.T.F. 
> Bergen, Norway 
>   
>
> "Christopher D. Purdy" wrote: 
>>
>> > the PTG could approve pianos the way Underwriters 
>> >Laboratories approves other things as a public service.   Reprehensible 
>> >pianos would 
>> >not get the stamp of approval until improvements are made. 
>> >-Mike Jorgensen 
>>
>> that is a very good idea!  has the ptg or anyone involved with it ever 
>> considered such a thing?  at first glance i see not only a great way to 
>> help the public in buying a piano but also great pr for the guild and it's 
>> members. 
>>
>> chris 
>>
>> -Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T.   School of Music  Ohio University  Athens OH 
>>
>> -purdy@oak.cats.ohiou.edu   (740) 593-1656    fax# (740) 593-1429
>