It's a forum and when you post a question people will answer in their own style plus it's easy to misread tone in this format and some people do at times interject humor. I didn't see anything condescending or offensive. Of course you're welcome to delete whatever you don't like. But since people may not know your background or experience or expectations they may interpret the question you posted as coming from someone of less experience since there are really only two ways to go, less resistance or modified leverage. As you can see, the leverage issue was something that some others weren't aware of and hopefully some who didn't know about modifying leverage learned something. The threads you start sometimes digress into subjects for the benefit of other than the one who posted the initial question. That's the beauty of this forum, in my view. Many valuable threads have started just as this one did, with someone wanting only the simplest of solutions. So, forgive if this sounds like a lecture but I think your reaction was a bit over the top. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Denise Rachel Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 3:46 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Heavy Pedal Spring I don't need this lecture. Do not answer my posts with this attitude. I am a highly skilled technician. I operate with intelligence and diligence, always keeping the needs of my customers foremost in my decision making process. I would like to belong to community of like minded technicians. When a simple question is posed, a simple answer will suffice. This list is to be used for purpose of information sharing. Any advice offered on other topics, such as the professionalism of the questioner, is off limits. Public sarcasm is not an appropriate mode of communication between colleagues. In dealing with each other, the more professional behavior would be to assume that we are each coming from an educated and capable position. May I remind you that all of us in PTG pay our dues. No bully has the right to commandeer this list for the purposes of belittling other PTG members. Certain posts I have read over the last months are deplorably anti-social, and do not represent the PTG favorably. In future, I will automatically delete posts from individuals who routinely post hostile replies. I'd rather go without the information than subject myself to ugliness. But . . . . . to any of you still reading this . . . .. . . keep those other posts coming . . . . . you know, those friendly, informative, often humorous, thought provoking posts. Love 'em! Denise Rachel
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