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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>David:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I too prefer a customer who knows something about their piano and the more information they have the easier it is for them to understand what they need.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I also understand the downside which is exemplified by <a href="http://www.balaams-ass.com/">this site.</a> This guy has made it his life’s work to discredit legitimate piano service people – particularly PTG members. I haven’t heard anything about him for a long time, so maybe he’s not as aggressively disparaging us now. Just the name of the site says volumes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>dave <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>David M. Porritt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>dmporritt@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Boyce<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 25, 2012 1:27 PM<br><b>To:</b> pianotech@ptg.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [pianotech] Haynes Piano Manual<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>No, I don't get it, Joe. <br><br>I have not encountered these many other manuals you refer to, except for the 1920 Amateur Mechanic extract that I put on my Technical Info page, with just such strictures as you mention. <br><br>What are these many other manuals, and what would you point to in the Haynes book - which I presume you have read - as an example of falsely suggesting that something is easy to do with minimal effort?<br><br>And do you not accept that the full-colour photos throughout make this a useful supplement to Reblitz for the piano technology student?<br><br>Best regards,<br><br>David.<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre>David,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>I've seen far too many "manuals" such as this. They all espouse that the<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>work needed, on any piano, is easy to do and with minimal effort, one can<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>achieve good results! That's pure Bull*&$*!! This one is no different and<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>does a disservice to our trade, imo.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Get it?<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Regards,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Joe<o:p></o:p></pre><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>