<blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paul T Williams <<a href="mailto:pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu">pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu</a>> To: Pianotech List <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>> Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 13:49:06 -0500 Subject: RE: Customizing a piano Dear Alicia If you haven't gotten it yet...we're all trying to understand your situation and we're trying to give you well intentioned advise on how to be more professional and become a better technician. That's the whole idea behind the list! Many of the technicians on this list have been servicing pianos longer than you've been alive, and they know what they're talking about!.  If you can't accept constructive advice, perhaps you should think of another venue in which to be involved.   Paul</blockquote><div>  </div><div>What Paul said. You know, there is a piano "tech" group on Myspace that is filled with younger "kids" (I use that term for age, and/or years of experience). They seem to love making snap-judge remarks about makes of pianos, it's a group filled with lively "debate," and tons of innovative ideas no one's ever tried before, like using oil as a lubricant. It might be a more appropriate place for this kind of thing. People generally post on the ptg mailing list to get actual advice, in the spirit of humility and accepting that there are others (many, many others), who know more than oneself. When someone reminds you of that, it's not because we need proof that you are any good (that's what the RPT exams are for?). This is a grown-up list, (for the most part ;). Which means even when we disagree, many of us (maybe not all), at least try to be polite and professional about it, both in words and tone. As someone else mentioned previously, this is also a public list. Which means whatever vitriol and/or wackiness a person might spew is out there in the internet indefinitely. But it also means anyone who might prefer searching and lurking can poke their heads in here and get the wrong ideas on how to service pianos. Lucky that our older and wiser techs are quick to correct and answer questions on such a public forum. </div>-- Peace and Light, Holly Quigley Associate member (for the time being)