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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A good example of the "Incompetence is Bliss"
Phenomenon.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>By his own lights, his work is better than the work
of those nit-picking sissies who don't know how to get it done and make a
buck.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That he's been in business for 20 years is proof
that he knows how to make a decision.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We have someone in our area who does _worse_ work
than this. The actions he "remakes" aren't capable of being regulated
to even a first stage of rough function (in my prissy opinion), and
yet he stays in business. He sells pianos to people who don't play (or hear)
well enough to know that the piano doesn't work.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed S.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jonpage@comcast.net href="mailto:jonpage@comcast.net">Jon Page</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 01, 2008 7:59
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> They're out there, but let's
try to bring them in the fold</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<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></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>