<!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 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=062162800-15032007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>Congrats, Dave!  It's inspiring when another Associate "ascends", and messages like yours certainly help motive me toward that last test, too.  </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=062162800-15032007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=062162800-15032007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>I'm just back from our bimonthly Chapter meeting (501, Central Iowa), where I put in a huge plug for this list, since (like Dave) I believe it's a wonderful source of information and support.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=062162800-15032007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=062162800-15032007><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>Annie Grieshop</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>piannaman@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 14, 2007 8:58 AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org; examprep@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Just the paperwork left....thanks to all!<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN contentEditable=false style="DISPLAY: inline-block"></SPAN>I just wanted to share my excitement with this list, which has been an inspiration and amazing educational resource.  I passed my final RPT hurdle, the tuning test, yesterday, with Micheal Kimbell CTE, David Love,  and Larry Lobel, in attendance.  Particular thanks to these gentlemen, and to Israel Stein, Neil Panton, technical examiners, and my chapter, the Santa Clara Valley chapter.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Too many people to mention along the way, really, without having this become one of those endless "thanks to each and every tuning pin I ever turned" things.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Anyway, thanks for all the support, inspiration, education--and flamings, 'cause we learn alot from them, too!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="CLEAR: both">Dave Stahl, RPT<BR><BR>Dave Stahl Piano Service<BR>650-224-3560<BR>dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net<BR>http://dstahlpiano.net/<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></DIV> <DIV class=AOLPromoFooter> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at <A href="http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=http://www.aol.com" target=_blank><B>AOL.com</B></A>.<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>