[pianotech] [CAUT] Our brother's keepers

[Tom Servinsky]

Ed,
Count me in to help out as well.
Tom Servinsky
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Sutton" <ed440 at mindspring.com>
To: <caut at ptg.org>; "Pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] [CAUT] Our brother's keepers


> Mark-
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> This is a wonderful idea.
> It would be great for John to receive cards with checks!
> I'll ask his family where is the best address (home or hospital), and post 
> it as soon as I hear from them.
>
> Ed S.
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Schecter" <mark at schecterpiano.com>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org>; "College and University Technicians" 
> <caut at ptg.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 12:56 AM
> Subject: [CAUT] Our brother's keepers
>
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>> To all my brothers and sisters in piano work:
>>
>> One of the downsides of self-employment is the exposure we have to 
>> catastrophic events. Although some of us are employed by institutions or 
>> dealerships, most of us go it alone, and if something happens, we deal 
>> with it in the best way we can scrape together, for better or for worse.
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>> Few of us have the resources to survive comfortably through any extended 
>> period of unemployment, whether as a result of health issues, 
>> macro-economic stresses, or sudden traumas. We just keep on plugging, 
>> with our fingers crossed, and if we're fortunate, our spouse or partner 
>> will help pull us through in a time of need. If we're the sole support, 
>> we're in real trouble.
>>
>> John Granholm will not be able to work for a good while. I don't have any 
>> idea what his financial situation is, but presumably, if he didn't need 
>> to be working, like most of us do, he would be fishing or golfing or 
>> otherwise relaxing. In other words, he is suddenly facing, among daunting 
>> physical difficulties, the prospect of no income, when just last week, 
>> the assumption was he would be working for a living.
>>
>> Having been in similar straits once, though not nearly so severe, I well 
>> remember the deep gratitude I felt for my fellow piano technicians who 
>> helped me get through in my time of need. Members of my chapter of PTG 
>> tuned pianos for me, and gave me the checks. I choke up right now just 
>> remembering those acts of love and support. Nothing has ever meant more 
>> to me.
>>
>> So here's what I'm going to do: I will tune one piano a month for John 
>> Granholm and send him the check, until he's able to return to work. This 
>> is one way I can express my gratitude for PTG; for the generosity of its 
>> members, my brothers and sisters, toward their fellows; and to John for 
>> his contributions to our world. I want to ease his mind during his 
>> recovery. I hope you will join me.
>>
>> -Mark Schecter, RPT
>> San Francisco Chapter since 1979
>>
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