<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: rgb(0, 0, 0); FONT-SIZE: 12px">Matthew,<br /> Actually you are incorrect.<br /> I've been a member since 1975 and the dues are less now than they were 36 years ago as it relates to the dollar . The dues have increased at approximately  half the rate of my basic tuning charges.<br />As my RPT friend Patrick has posted in the past   --   I  paraphrase--   " Halfway through the day's earnings of Jan 2nd you have earned the dues for the entire year."<br />With sincere regards,<br /><br />Tom Driscoll <div> </div><div> </div><div style="border-top:1px solid #bcbcbc;margin:5px 0px;"></div><span style="font-size:12;font-family:arial;color:#000000;">On 08/31/11, <span>Matthew Todd<toddpianoworks@att.net></span> wrote:</span><div style="font-size:12;font-family:arial;color:#000000;"><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><span style="RIGHT: auto">Dues increase Patrick?  So what else is new?  If I raised my rates as much and as often as the PTG raises theirs, I'd be up over $200 for a standard tuning service.<var id="yui-ie-cursor"></var><br class="yui-cursor" style="RIGHT: auto" /></span></div><div></div><div> </div><div style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><b><font color="#0000ff" size="4"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"></span></font></b><br /><font color="#0000ff"><font size="3">Matthew Todd, Piano Technician</font> <font size="3"></font></font><br /></div></div></div></div>