<HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>James-</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Show up on time.</DIV> <DIV>Be honest.</DIV> <DIV>Do your best work.</DIV> <DIV>Keep learning.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Soon you will have, by referrals from happy customers, all the work you can handle, and the world of advertising will be on your far horizon.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Good luck!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ed Sutton</DIV> <DIV><BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message----- <BR>From: James H Frazee <JIMFRAZEE@MSN.COM><BR>Sent: Apr 6, 2006 6:40 PM <BR>To: Piano_tech_list <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Subject: Advice? Opinions? Guidance? <BR><BR></DIV><ZZZHTML><ZZZHEAD><ZZZMETA content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <STYLE></STYLE> <ZZZMETA name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0"></ZZZHEAD><ZZZBODY id=MailContainerBody style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 15px; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" name="Compose message area" CanvasTabStop="true" acc_role="text" topMargin="0" leftMargin="0"><ZZZ!--[GTE 5] IE><ZZZ![ENDIF]--> <DIV>So today I run across an ad in our local "shopper" newspaper which I repeat here verbatim:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"<STRONG>NYS AUTHORIZED PIANO TECHNICIAN: </STRONG>Thorough, precise, honest.  Tuning $100." followed by the man's name, claim that he has a Masters in Music and phone number.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>First, New York State does NOT authorize piano technicians, period.  Does anyone know of a state that does?  But the point is, is there anything that we, the PTG, can do about this false/misleading advertising?  Does the national office have a program or policy statement (yes, I know about OUR ethics but what about others?) Frankly, it makes us all look bad, (and I'm only an Associate, for now).  Advice? Opinions? Guidance?</DIV></ZZZBODY></ZZZHTML></BODY>