Accu-Tune :( [revisited]

[David M. Porritt]

Keith:

It's just an ego thing.  Don't let it bother you.  While it is sometimes
convenient to have a superior IQ, in our work the customer frankly doesn't
care.  You are right, of course.  The end result is what they are buying.
I'd love to think I'm hired because of my tuning ability AND intellect, but
........

dave

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On 3/19/01 at 3:17 PM kam544@flash.net wrote:

>>... as long as significant numbers amoung our
>>ranks hang on to concepts like "Its the end result that counts...
>>not whether the tooner has a brain"...
>>... and hey... who was it who said not so long ago...
>>--
>>Richard Brekne
>>RPT, N.P.T.F.
>
>Dear Richard, List,
>
>Your continued comments along these lines have bothered me ever since you
>reopened this pet peeve of yours, as well as your indirect reference
>concerning someone else's judgment.  I wanted to respond, but at the time
I
>had nothing constructive to offer of value.
>
>Today, something came to me that I thought was quite ironic in view of
your
>continued opposition to the philosophy of the 'end results do not justify
>the means', 'turning a blind eye', 'one of human intellect', or whatever
>other seemingly sane premise(s) you present to support you have the
correct
>understanding on this matter.  I do realize these comments have a certain
>appeal as to having the appearance of self-evidential validity.
>
>So, I present to you the following, that if this is indeed your position
on
>the matter, as I understand your comments thus far, then you, personally,
>having taken the Piano Technicians Guild (PTG) tuning exam and having
>accepted the results of passing it are basically in direct violation, in a
>manner of speaking, of your continued position.
>
>The PTG tuning exam does not require an examine to support how they arrive
>at the ability to pass, only that it be passed by 80% or better in all its
>relevant areas.  And there is only one area where an aural requirement is
>given, that being a temperament.
>
>And as you well know, there is no one in the room during the actual exam,
>so no one is judging the examine as to approach or method of madness in
>producing a passing percentage.  The bottom line is whether the examine
>does, in fact, pass by that 80% in all the areas.  This is what's known as
>an end result.
>
>In light of this information, how do you reconcile embracing the title of
>Registered Piano Technician (RPT), when in fact the PTG tuning exam does
>not require such evidences as you propose constitute a real piano tuner?
>
>And how do you reconcile being associated among the ranks of other RPTs',
>of which you willingly became a member by taking the examinations, with
the
>full knowledge that this association did not in the past require, and does
>not now require, all the others who currently bear the title RPT, and
those
>to come who will bear that title, to demonstrate what you deem so vital
for
>credibility?
>
>Respectfully submitted,
>
>Keith McGavern
>Registered Piano Technician
>Oklahoma Chapter 731
>Piano Technicians Guild
>USA




David M. Porritt
dporritt@swbell.net
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275