Why not to tune a piano?

[Charly Tuner]

Licence piano techs? Bull#@#@! Let's keep Big Government OUT of the White 
House and NOT vote for ALGORE! He's nuthin' but a Clinton-Clone. Of course, 
there ARE still a few people out there who still believe O.J's Innocent too, 
and that we don't need a strong defense.

Terry Peterson
Los Angeles, CA
Associate Member, PTG

>From: Billbrpt@AOL.COM
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: Re: Why not to tune a piano?
>Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 13:37:31 EDT
>
>In a message dated 7/26/00 12:14:54 PM Central Daylight Time,
>DavidR2464@AOL.COM writes:
>
><< I think it is time that piano tuning
>  and repairing is licensed by the federal government.  Get rid of the RPT.
>  Everyone has to pass a state test and convert the PTG into the club it
>really
>  belongs. >>
>
>Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha!  What a ridiculous idea!   It has, however, been been 
>thought
>of before but only by liberal political types who think the government must
>be in control oof everything.  Piano service is an art and craft.  Yes, 
>there
>are some standards but as has been clearly demonstrated by the profession
>itself, these standards are only basic concepts.
>
>Do you think you could *require* me to tune a piano in Equal Temperament
>(ET), for example?  Hmmmm?  Think again and think about it long and hard.  
>Do
>you think you could *require* ANYONE to do something which only a very few
>people have ever even been capable of?  Shall we *all* be *required* to set
>our hammer blow distances with a crummy little ruler at 1 7/8" ?  Or should
>there be a metric equivilant?  It can't and will never happen.
>
>Does an artist who paints or draws pictures need a license from the Federal
>government?  Let's see, what kinds of regulations could be put on how to
>paint a picture?  We can measure a person's tuning and other skills to a
>certain degree and that is what the PTG Exams do but to echo Jim's words,
>you'll never pry my tuning hammer from my tendonitis afflicted, torn 
>rotator
>cuffed right arm with any government decree or licensing requirement.
>
>The days of Big Brother government in the US are over.  We've got a couple 
>of
>common sensed, big oil guys set to take over come January and if anything,
>there will be far less regulation *and* fewer taxes, not more.
>
>Join PTG, take and pass the Exams if you can manage to do so but otherwise,
>let your fellow technician do his/her own thing.  The marketplace will 
>decide
>who is fit to stay in business, not people minding each other's business.
>
>Bill Bremmer RPT
>Madison, Wisconsin



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