[pianotech] PTG membership and The World's Largest Piano

[Mike Spalding]

Well said, Jude.  Please add to your list of "what I can do well":  
healthy attitude, clear thinker, good communicator.
Now go get some sleep.

Jude Reveley/Absolute Piano wrote:
> These threads sparked a few thoughts during my episodic insomnia so 
> FWIW...
>  
>
>    1. Anytime I compare myself to the talent on this list,
>       individually or collectively, or to any other domain within our
>       pianosphere, I'm likely to come up short. It's a futile
>       exercise, unless I'm in the mood for some humble-pie.
>    2. We are by nature, as technicians, troubleshooters. We go around
>       finding out what's wrong and then hopefully fixing it. This is a
>       dangerous weapon to aim on oneself without the latter.
>    3. We are all quite autonomous and will very rarely have a chance
>       to truly judge eachother's work.  In general, we really only
>       have the opportunity to measure ourselves against ourselves. I'm
>       approaching 40; some say I've achieved a lot. Those that know me
>       better, know that I feel like I'm just getting started. So when
>       I feel like an underachiever, I remind myself what I can do
>       well. For example, today I'm going to try and put the best
>       damned tuning on Mrs. Jones' spinet that that piano has ever had.
>    4. In my experience with the PTG, some of the best concert tuners
>       and genius engineers are associates. No one cares. We can all
>       learn from eachother.
>    5. That being said, shame on anyone for faulting the PTG in trying
>       to establish some basic level of competency. The RPT is a
>       personal goal, but the PTG has a noble responsibility to try to
>       establish some basic skill levels that can be presented to the
>       general public as a standard. Otherwise, the PTG is really no
>       more than a club.
>    6. There may be a few RPTs that think they are entitled just as
>       there will always be naysayers of the PTG. I've found that these
>       attitudes generally stem from far deeper personal
>       insecurities that I am neither qualified to diagnose nor
>       address. So I don't bother.
>
> Have a nice day,
>  
> Jude Reveley, RPT
> Absolute Piano Restoration, LLC
> Lowell, Massachusetts
> (978) 323-4545