<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>HTML Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE>P { MARGIN: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2912" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I certainly second that!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joseph Alkana RPT</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 16, 2006 5:52 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: RPT</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When two people with the same first name contribute to this list, I sure wish references to them included at least the initial of the last name. Like in this case a more clear reference might be "<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>This goes doubly to Tim and Terry P...."</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Every time I read these I think to myself, gee-whizz, I hope people don't think <U><EM><STRONG>I'm</STRONG></EM></U> like that....</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>Here is my take on the RPT test.   I don't think you could pass it...I suggest, instead running it down and saying I don't need this, my customers all happy...how about taking the test and passing it.  Prove you are competent.  Tell us all how easy it was...then, if you like, come back and say, see I could do it and I'm still not joining.   This goes doubly to Tim and Terry...I don't think you could pass it...the tuning test would crucify you...<BR><BR>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, California<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>