<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>At the time</STRONG>, when I had worked so hard to pass the tests and travel to a good testing site and held off advertising before I was sure, it mattered to me.  RPT is all we have, even if most of the public doesn't care (informed ones do, I get asked particularly when they are shopping via phone), of minimal abilities.  If I were a plumber, I'd have whatever credentials were available.  But of course, this a beaten dead horse.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lance Lafargue, RPT<BR>LAFARGUE PIANOS, LTD<BR>LPIANOS.com<BR></FONT><A href="mailto:lafargue@bellsouth.net"><FONT face=Arial size=2>lafargue@bellsouth.net</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>4244 Hwy 22 Mandeville, LA 70471<BR>985.72P.IANO</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Hechler Family" <</FONT><A href="mailto:dahechler@charter.net"><FONT face=Arial size=2>dahechler@charter.net</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: "Pianotech List" <</FONT><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT face=Arial size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 9:44 AM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: [SPAM] Re: faux RPT?</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> RPT what's that.......At least in my little corner of St. Louis<BR>> (Florissant and surrounding area), Missouri, none of my nearly 90<BR>> customers don't question anything. I have "Associate Member of the Piano<BR>> Technicians Guild" (now minus the associate logo (that it really<BR>> matters)) on my business card and NONE of my customers even mention<BR>> anything about what that is, let alone mention the fact of what an<BR>> associate member is. I COULD put RPT on my business card and advertise<BR>> that way and no one would ever know BUT I am NOT that kind of person.<BR>> <BR>> Humble regards, Duaine<BR>> <BR>> Tom Sivak wrote:<BR>>> List<BR>>>  <BR>>> Would the PTG take any action if it were found that an Associate<BR>>> Member was telling  prospective clients that he was an RPT? <BR>>>  <BR>>> Other than kicking him out of the PTG, which would have little impact<BR>>> on his professional life, seems like there wouldn't be much they could<BR>>> do. <BR>>>  <BR>>> Just curious...<BR>>><BR>>> Tom Sivak<BR>>> Chicago<BR>> <BR>> -- <BR>> Duaine Hechler<BR>> Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ<BR>> Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding<BR>> Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild<BR>> Reed Organ Society Member<BR>> St. Louis, MO 63034<BR>> (314) 838-5587<BR>> </FONT><A href="mailto:dahechler@charter.net"><FONT face=Arial size=2>dahechler@charter.net</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>> </FONT><A href="http://www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com</FONT></A></BODY></HTML>