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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Alan,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It is the same person.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>He is a real tuner, and RPT.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Don Mannino<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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>Alan Eder<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 15, 2011 6:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> pianotech@ptg.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [pianotech] Piano Tuner Accused of Sexual Assault<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 2.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>No mention of being a real (registered) tuner, or just a poser who uses the ruse to get inside!</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><br> <br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Perhaps this is a case where PTG should inform the article writer of the rules, ethics, of legitimate tuners.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Seems that I heard of a PTG member in a similarly compromising situation a few years back. We have rules, but the rules don't necessarily have the teeth most of us would like them to have. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Alan Eder<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Tom Dickson <td_tuner@hotmail.com><br>To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br>Sent: Tue, Mar 15, 2011 12:57 pm<br>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Piano Tuner Accused of Sexual Assault<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="AOLMsgPart_1_dfbd3f9a-774f-41bb-baa5-eac748c6136f"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Nice :-(</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><br> <br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>No mention of being a real (registered) tuner, or just a poser who uses the ruse to get inside!</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><br> <br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Perhaps this is a case where PTG should inform the article writer of the rules, ethics, of legitimate tuners.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><br> <br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>It does, however, remind us of our due diligence. I taught for many years, and more and more over the years we were warned to be careful regarding what situations we put ourselves in. As individual tuners going into people's homes, we must be sure that there are reasonable people there, adults, and so on.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><br> <br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>This situation is obviously a criminal act. But, as honest people we need to be sure we don't put ourselves at the mercy of some person(s) who have a less than a stellar agenda.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><br> <br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Sincerely,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Tom Dickson,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Regina, SK</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><br> <br> <br><br> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center id=stopSpelling></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:51:47 -0600<br>From: <a href="mailto:bruce@bgpianotech.com">bruce@bgpianotech.com</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br>Subject: [pianotech] Piano Tuner Accused of Sexual Assault<br><br><a href="http://www.thedailyfairfield.com/news/piano-tuner-accused-sexual-assault-fairfield" target="_blank">http://www.thedailyfairfield.com/news/piano-tuner-accused-sexual-assault-fairfield</a><br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#888888'>Bruce Gibson<br>Piano Technician<br><br>1.306.221.3786 (Voice or Text)<br>1.877.652.3571 (Saskatchewan)<br><a href="mailto:bruce@bgpianotech.com">bruce@bgpianotech.com</a><br><a href="http://www.bgpianotech.com" target="_blank">www.bgpianotech.com</a><br><br>Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Smartphone</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>