<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>They're out there, but let's try to bring them in the fold</title></head><body> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">>... a self-taught beginning tech who has very limited resources.</font></div> <div><br></div> <div>The guy is in his mid 50's and has been refinishing, restringing</div> <div>and tuning pianos for over 20 years. To say that he doesn't know</div> <div>what an industry standard is for hammer shape is a stretch.</div> <div><br></div> <div>I was going to taper the set but now I'm going to just knock off</div> <div>(arc) the square tail with a belt sander since they are pitched</div> <div>3 degrees forward - overstriking. He did deftly saw hammer</div> <div>heads for clearance problems (jpg attached).</div> <div><br></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">>...So go ahead and judge the work</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Ok, so he's unobservant.</font> Then to say he lacks comparative reasoning</div> <div>or self evaluation probably is too unkind too, and he only has his head</div> <div>stuck in the sand.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Where I come from, someone like that is referred to as a hack.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Dean, I can send you his name so you can do the hand-holding and bring</div> <div>him into the Guild, that is, unless he thinks he knows everything already.</div> <div>I don't see his name in the PTG Directory.</div> <div><br></div> <div>If a desire for self improvement doesn't work, maybe shame will.</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><br> Regards,<br> <br> Jon Page</div> </body> </html>