<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">.......or earned food for the family for the week, or paid the light bill, or....(fill in the blank).<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></SPAN><BR style="RIGHT: auto" class=yui-cursor></SPAN></div> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><B><FONT color=#0000ff size=4><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"></SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#0000ff size=4><U>TODD PIANO WORKS</U></FONT></B> <BR><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=3>Matthew Todd, Piano Technician</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3>(979) 248-9578</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=3><A href="http://www.toddpianoworks.com/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.toddpianoworks.com</A></FONT></DIV> <div><BR></div> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT size=2 face=Arial> <DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Tom Driscoll <tomtuner@verizon.net><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> toddpianoworks@att.net; pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, August 31, 2011 11:11 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: Re: [pianotech] Is this the work of an RPT?<BR></FONT><BR> <DIV id=yiv1701599764> <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="MARGIN: 5px 0px; BORDER-TOP: #bcbcbc 1px solid"></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px">On 08/31/11, <SPAN>Matthew Todd<toddpianoworks@att.net></SPAN> wrote:</SPAN> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <DIV><SPAN>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=yiv1701599764yui-ie-cursor></VAR><BR class=yiv1701599764yui-cursor></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></DIV><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>