<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV><EM><STRONG></STRONG></EM> </DIV> <DIV><EM><STRONG>  Hi Jesse</STRONG></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><STRONG>  I Like you have had a mostly positive experience.  The teacher climate varies from place to place.  For the most part the teachers in my area have been<FONT size=4><U> very</U></FONT> supportive but I also spent a lot of time courting, cultivating & appreciating them.  I also taught them what the difference between voicing, tuning , regulation & rebuilding. They get it......mostly</STRONG></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><STRONG>  It's all good</STRONG></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><STRONG>  Dale</STRONG></EM></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>I should have said that "some of them" are our enemies, because some never or seldom recommend a tuning, even when badly needed. But truthfully, I have at least a dozen teachers constantly recommending me, and a large percentage of my income over the past 27 years has come because of the piano teachers.</DIV> <DIV>So they're not <EM>all </EM>bad.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jesse Gitnik</DIV> <DIV>NYC</DIV></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>