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[Paul T Williams]

Duaine,

So since you "got tired of the organization", why do you remain on the 
list and get all this free advice from both RPT's and extremely qualified 
associate members of the PTG who pay dues, go to monthly meetings and 
conventions TO LEARN something??  Since we rarely talk of reed organs and 
players, why are you still here?

Paul




From:
Duaine Hechler <dahechler at att.net>
To:
pianotech at ptg.org
Date:
01/26/2011 12:13 AM
Subject:
Re: [pianotech] advertising



On 01/25/2011 11:05 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote:
> On 1/25/2011 10:48 PM, Dean May wrote:
>> I think he only wants what the rest of us want: a little validation.
>> Personally, I appreciate some of what Duaine posts. Some of it is
>> over the
>> top, some of it is a little repetitive, some of it is informative.
>> Eat the
>> meat, spit out the bone. I hope that is what folks do with mine (and it
>> surely contains a great deal of bone).
>
> Fair enough. But isn't validation contingent on data? So since I'm
> reasonably called on to explain statements I've made, how is it
> unreasonable for me to call on Duaine to explain his, as a means to
> isolate meat?
> Ron N
>
Ron,

Since you have asked directly, I'll answer directly.

In certain areas like mine, these "names" mean very, very little - RPT
and PTG.

As I said before, the customer, is more concerned about the quality of
service, honestly and mainly pricing.

And, yes, you can give quality service without becoming an RPT.

I was a member of the PTG for the first 5 years.

I got tired of the organization - as a whole - and certain persons on
this list - kept putting down, virtually all classes of uprights and
players - and - the techs who work on them.

I got more respect and acceptance from my local chapter then any other
place.

Conventions are nice, if you desire to, pretty much work on grands only
- as well as the journal.

Very few classes on uprights, upright modern players and upright antique
players.

I come from an IT background of 24+ years working as a Systems
Programmer on the Mainframe.

As such, I dealt with many, many "system" packages that were all very
complicated and extremely hard to commit to memory - all of it.

Which it turn, led to my adaptability to logical thinking. So, in turn,
I always knew what manual to get the information from.

So as far as the RPT status, from where I sit, most can be committed to
memory - and - used, however, there is a lot of items that can be just
looked up in manuals.

As for as my antique player rebuilding, that is were I could - really -
use an RPT like class.

Since I started in this line of service, I have found out that there are
- 83 - different types of player piano mechanisms - all of which are
just slightly different. Although, they are all based on the same
principles of working.

Similarly, there is no such classes on rebuilding antique reed organs,
either.

Bottom line, to use a computer analogy:

Becoming an RPT is like taking the test for computer A+ Certification.

A lot of this certification is committing a lot of meaningless data to
memory when, as long as you know, quickly, how and where to look it up.

Hopefully not be belabor the point, but you would have to know:

- how to build a computer from scratch - motherboard (brand, kind and
footprint), memory (brand, kind and size), processor (brand, socket id,
speed)
- from blank templates, tell what motherboard, memory, processor socket
you are looking at - and - tell which ones go together.
- how to install, service and troubleshoot all the hardware, periphals
(printers, faxes, monitors)
- how to install, service and troubleshoot - all - the Windows software
platform (95, 98, NT XP Home, XP Professional, Vista, Win7)
- how to identify all the brands of hardware and software (IBM,
Microsoft (all of MS's line of products (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc))

So, which one of you RPT's is going to tackle the A+ Certification ??

Meaning that after 24+ years of the above, I will dedicate to memory
what I need to commit to memory then after that have all the references
I need to look it up - and - then commit it to memory if need be.

Duaine

-- 
Duaine Hechler
Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ
Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding
Reed Organ Society Member
Florissant, MO 63034
(314) 838-5587
dahechler at att.net
www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com
--
Home & Business user of Linux - 11 years



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