<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19120"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Two tunings with a few minutes of extra work on each piano pays my dues.</DIV> <DIV><BR>Ken Gerler, RPT (since 1976)</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tomtuner@verizon.net href="mailto:tomtuner@verizon.net">Tom Driscoll</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=toddpianoworks@att.net href="mailto:toddpianoworks@att.net">toddpianoworks@att.net</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 31, 2011 11:11 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Is this the work of an RPT?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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 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 style="RIGHT: auto" class=yui-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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>