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

[Carl Teplitski]

Really like your attitude, and your grasp of the language.  
I tend to agree with all your observations outlined herein.

Only 40 you say ! ? !

Carl / Winnipeg



----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jude Reveley/Absolute Piano 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 7:21 AM
  Subject: [pianotech] PTG membership and The World's Largest Piano


  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
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