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

[Ed Sutton]

They're out there, but let's try to bring them in the foldA good example of the "Incompetence is Bliss" Phenomenon.
By his own lights, his work is better than the work of those nit-picking sissies who don't know how to get it done and make a buck.
That he's been in business for 20 years is proof that he knows how to make a decision.

We have someone in our area who does _worse_ work than this. The actions he "remakes" aren't capable of being regulated to even a first stage of rough function (in my prissy opinion), and yet he stays in business. He sells pianos to people who don't play (or hear) well enough to know that the piano doesn't work.

Ed S.
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Jon Page 
    To: pianotech at ptg.org 
    Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 7:59 AM
    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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