Advice? Opinions? Guidance?

[Fenton Murray]

I agree. Let's not get to smug and self righteous with our grand organization. There is a lot of knowledge and experience outside of the Guild.
This country is built on free enterprise and competition. Don't be threatened by others who are different in they're approach. When I started I was very intimidated by all 'real' technicians. A lot of them encouraged me, I wasted a lot of time until I finally became who I wanted to be rather than what was "accepted' within the industry. This guy might be a great addition to the Guild, if he doesn't see these posts.
Fenton Murray, RPT 26 years
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  From: Bec and John Silva 
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  Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 4:18 PM
  Subject: Re: Advice? Opinions? Guidance?


  Maybe he's dishonest about his work or maybe not. Maybe he's just a otherwise decent guy trying to get some business using questionable methods. Or maybe NYS stands for something legitimate. Before doing anything you should probably speak to this man.


  - John




    So today I run across an ad in our local "shopper" newspaper which I repeat here verbatim:
    "NYS AUTHORIZED PIANO TECHNICIAN: Thorough, precise, honest. Tuning $100." followed by the man's name, claim that he has a Masters in Music and phone number.
    First, New York State does NOT authorize piano technicians, period. Does anyone know of a state that does? But the point is, is there anything that we, the PTG, can do about this false/misleading advertising? Does the national office have a program or policy statement (yes, I know about OUR ethics but what about others?) Frankly, it makes us all look bad, (and I'm only an Associate, for now). Advice? Opinions? Guidance?

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