<!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 6.00.6000.16481" 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>I've always said that RPT's should be re-tested every 5 years.  Doesn't have to be a formal test, simply tuning a piano prior to a meeting for the group to hear would suffice.  Also, the RPT tuning tests don't simulate a real tuning.  They don't test for pitch raises, which is 70 percent of what I do.  And..I've never seen a piano where every other note is sharp, and the others are flat.  Stability aside, the tests should approximate what we do every day, and they don't.  Do I see a council proposal for next year??? Perhaps. Bob.</DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's free at <A title="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" target="_blank">AOL.com</A>. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>