[pianotech] Protest the loss of PianoTech by responding

[Terry Beckingham]

Count me in as well. This list should stay and HL should go!

Terry Beckingham

At 05:54 PM 2/25/2013 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear list colleagues
>
>  I would like to seriously  ask every looker, every poster, be they 
> regular or occasional posters to send an e-mail voice of support to this 
> list IMMEDIATELY. A vote of support to retain this forum. Hopefully your 
> voices can be heard at the home office. If that doesn't work you can vote 
> with your wallet.
>Dale
>
>Dale Erwin R.P.T.
>Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.
>Mason & Hamlin/Steinway/U.S. pianos
>www.Erwinspiano.com
>Phone: 209-577-8397
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft <alliedpianocraft at hotmail.com>
>To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Sent: Mon, Feb 25, 2013 10:16 am
>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Say goodbyebye Folks
>
>The PTG is like any other organization that gets to big. It becomes self 
>serving and no longer serves those who put it in place.
>
>Al -
>High Point, NC
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>On Feb 25, 2013, at 12:59 PM, Alan Eder 
><<mailto:reggaepass at aol.com>reggaepass at aol.com> wrote:
>
>As yet another long-time dues-paying and fully enfranchised member of PTG, 
>I just wanted to add my voice to the growing chorus of those of us who 
>find this list both extremely valuable and handy and think it would be the 
>height of irony for our organization to jettison what is for many the 
>single most valuable tool we have towards furthering our professional 
>development in real-time and on a day-to-day basis. I, for one, like 
>receiving all posts and deciding what to read, what to save for a "rainy 
>day," and to delete right away. I want to underscore an important point 
>that someone else made against sub-forums: I peruse pianotech the way I 
>choose which classes to attend at a convention, which is partially by 
>subject, but largely by who is putting forth the information. Yes, there 
>are certain posters whose words I am ALWAYS interested in reading, 
>regardless of the subject matter, and others who are, shall we say, at the 
>other end of the desirability spectrum.
>
>My two cents, FWIW,
>
>Alan Eder
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Love 
><<mailto:davidlovepianos at comcast.net>davidlovepianos at comcast.net>
>To: pianotech <<mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>pianotech at ptg.org>
>Sent: Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:43 am
>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Say goodbyebye Folks
>
>
>I agree with many other comments that the problems with the new list are
>primarily the user friendliness (takes too long), posting photo problems,
>and the fractured aspect of the various communities and associated cross
>posting issues.  Looking for various other lists to subscribe to is just too
>much trouble and creating even more fracturing and dilution, in my view.
>The junk mail/pop up/invasiveness of google has no appeal for me.  It's too
>bad that the problems couldn't, or wouldn't be resolved.  A valuable
>resource will be lost, or at least diminished.
>
>Come April 1st I think I will simply take a permanent (or at least
>semi-permanent until something changes for the better) break from the
>list(s).
>
>David Love
><http://www.davidlovepianos.com/>www.davidlovepianos.com
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