They're out there, but let's try to bring them in the fold

[Dean May]

Like I said, we didn't know anything about the man to judge his character,
ie, call him unethical. You have definitely given us more info with this
post, but I still say it is not a good thing to be calling people names- not
if you want them to come into the fold. The guild is perceived as an
exclusive condescending club by those on the outside. We need to bridge the
gap, not widen the chasm. Perhaps this guy wouldn't have done it all on his
own for 20 years if 20 years ago he would have felt more welcome.

 

Dean

Dean May             cell 812.239.3359 

PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 

Terre Haute IN  47802

 

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Jon Page
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 9:00 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: They're out there, but let's try to bring them in the fold

 

>... a self-taught beginning tech who has very limited resources.

 

The guy is in his mid 50's and has been refinishing, restringing

and tuning pianos for over 20 years. To say that he doesn't know

what an industry standard is for hammer shape is a stretch.

 

I was going to taper the set but now I'm going to just knock off

(arc) the square tail with a belt sander since they are pitched

3 degrees forward - overstriking. He did deftly saw hammer

heads for clearance problems (jpg attached).

 

>...So go ahead and judge the work

 

Ok, so he's unobservant. Then to say he lacks comparative reasoning

or self evaluation probably is too unkind too, and he only has his head

stuck in the sand.

 

Where I come from, someone like that is referred to as a hack.

 

Dean, I can send you his name so you can do the hand-holding and bring

him into the Guild, that is, unless he thinks he knows everything already.

I don't see his name in the PTG Directory.

 

If a desire for self improvement doesn't work, maybe shame will.

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Regards,

Jon Page

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