<font color='black' size='2' face='Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif'> <div style="font-family:helvetica,arial;font-size:10pt;color:black"> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_d3b5bb9e-6a84-4c64-b616-0030b77f2809"> <font color="black" size="2" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> <div style="font-family:helvetica,arial;font-size:10pt;color:black"> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_d3775269-10cb-41ec-8478-9f1d4ce0cf0b"> <font color="black" size="2" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre; ">On 8/31/11 1:53 PM, Duaine Hechler wrote:</span><br> <div style="font-family:helvetica,arial;font-size:10pt;color:black"> <div id="AOLMsgPart_0_268aece6-8657-4e21-a6b9-706220139fc0" style="margin: 0px;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;font-size: 12px;color: #000;background-color: #fff;"><pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>> Sorry to say but - Ed - open mouth and insert foot ...... > > At least in our area, there is NO economic advantage. My mentor and RPT > of 30+ years is losing business just like the rest of us non-RPT;s > because of the countries economics and the better issue of persons going > to electronic keyboards. >Now, chomp down on your foot. > Duaine</tt></pre><pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt> </tt></pre><pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Hmm, interesting. I could suggest you chomp down on something else, but I won't.  </span></font></tt></pre><pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I reiterate; Quality creates its own market. The capable and ethical techs I know are busy</span></font></tt><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: small; ">. The hacks and </span></pre><pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: small; ">charlatans around here are having trouble. IF you were able to pass the PTG tests,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: small; ">(which are the most </span></pre><pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: small; ">basic threshold of expertise I can imagine) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: small; ">you would be enjoying </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: small; ">a higher degree of credibility around here. </span></pre><pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: small; ">Instead, you have a history of castigating the  </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: small; ">RPT designation, claiming </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: small; ">how it means nothing,etc. </span></pre><pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: small; "> I submit that in your particular case, the lack of it means more. </span></pre><pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; white-space: normal; ">Ed Foote RPT<br> <a href="http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/index.html</a></span></tt></pre> </div> </div> </font> </div>  </div> </font> </div>  </div> </font>