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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dean:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>As long as we’re talking about a
customer’s piano his is just an academic discussion. When it’s <i>your</i>
piano it’s different.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>dp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>David M. Porritt, RPT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="dporritt@smu.edu"><span
style='color:blue'>dporritt@smu.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dean
May<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 01, 2008 8:55 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Pianotech List'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: They're out there, but let's try to bring them in the fold<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Like I said, we didn’t know anything about the man to judge his
character, ie, call him unethical. You have definitely given us more info with
this post, but I still say it is not a good thing to be calling people names-
not if you want them to come into the fold. The guild is perceived as an
exclusive condescending club by those on the outside. We need to bridge the
gap, not widen the chasm. Perhaps this guy wouldn’t have done it all on his own
for 20 years if 20 years ago he would have felt more welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";
color:navy'>Dean</span></b><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='color:navy'>Dean May
cell 812.239.3359 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='color:navy'>PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span
style='color:navy'>Terre Haute </span><ns0:State><span style='color:navy'>IN</span></ns0:State><span
style='color:navy'> </span><ns0:PostalCode><span style='color:navy'>47802</span></ns0:PostalCode><span
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jon
Page<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 01, 2008 9:00 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> pianotech@ptg.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> They're out there, but let's try to bring them in the fold</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>>...
a self-taught beginning tech who has very limited resources.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The guy is in his mid 50's and has been refinishing,
restringing<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>and tuning pianos for over 20 years. To say that he doesn't
know<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>what an industry standard is for hammer shape is a stretch.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I was going to taper the set but now I'm going to just knock
off<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>(arc) the square tail with a belt sander since they are
pitched<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>3 degrees forward - overstriking. He did deftly saw hammer<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>heads for clearance problems (jpg attached).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>>...So
go ahead and judge the work</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Ok,
so he's unobservant.</span> Then to say he lacks comparative reasoning<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>or self evaluation probably is too unkind too, and he only
has his head<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>stuck in the sand.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Where I come from, someone like that is referred to as a
hack.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Dean, I can send you his name so you can do the hand-holding
and bring<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>him into the Guild, that is, unless he thinks he knows
everything already.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I don't see his name in the PTG Directory.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>If a desire for self improvement doesn't work, maybe shame
will.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre>
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Regards,<br>
<br>
Jon Page<o:p></o:p></p>
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