<HTML><HEAD> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19258"></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="MS Sans Serif">Completely agree! I'd like to see a big push by PTG in regards to educating the PUBLIC. It would do more for US than what we're getting now. (Not that there isn't a good bit of effort to promote US. I just think that should be another facet of our "bennies".<G> No sword crossing on that account.<G></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="MS Sans Serif">Joe</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:erwinspiano@aol.com">Dale Erwin</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.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> 8/1/2012 7:56:32 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Rebuilding criteria (yeah, I changed the subject.<G>)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=navy size=2 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><PRE style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> Will </TT></PRE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 9pt">Dagnabit! Thar it is! The same stuff.....nobody's talkin'!<G></SPAN> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12px"><BR></SPAN> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> By the way Joe... I'm happy to talk as long as I don't have to cross swords with anyone.</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">I like the idea of having some guidelines especially if it can be for John Q publics </FONT><FONT color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">consumption</FONT><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"> & protection. I am seeing a strong case of rewhatevering  on a short 1920 Knabe that may go legal at any moment. Ya know it was Juarez-0 ed or sama-rized and the board was doing a fantastic impression of a  Venetian blind before it got 16 yards of shims and the bottom O board painted black to hide the evidence. Heavy sigh.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"> Action doesn't function either. Another dissatisfied internet buyer.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Man what does it take for people to figure this thing out.Sheesh!</FONT></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Dale<BR> <DIV><BR><BR> <DIV style="CLEAR: both"><FONT color=royalblue size=1><B><FONT face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT color=black><FONT color=mediumblue face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Dale Erwin R.P.T.<BR><FONT color=green>Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.</FONT><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT></B></FONT><FONT color=darkgreen><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><B><FONT size=1><FONT color=black size=1><FONT color=blueviolet><FONT color=black><FONT color=black face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Mason & Hamlin</FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">/Steinway/</FONT><FONT color=black face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">U.S. pianos</FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT color=cornflowerblue size=1 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">www.Erwinspiano.com</FONT><FONT size=1><BR></FONT><FONT color=crimson size=1 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Phone: 209-577-8397</FONT><BR><FONT color=darkgreen></FONT></FONT></B></SPAN></FONT><TT><TT><FONT color=darkgreen><BR> </FONT><BR>  <FONT size=2></FONT></TT></TT><BR><BR></DIV><BR><BR> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Joseph Garrett <joegarrett@earthlink.net><BR>To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Wed, Aug 1, 2012 5:49 pm<BR>Subject: [pianotech] Rebuilding criteria (yeah, I changed the subject.<G>)<BR><BR> <DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 12px" id=AOLMsgPart_0_68db7b9e-3da3-4f0d-a669-0977364faef4><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT>Will Truitt said: "I know what a REAL REBUILD entails, but I'm not telling, and you can't pry it out of me...... :-)" Will Dagnabit! Thar it is! The same stuff.....nobody's talkin'!<G> This is an age-old problem. Is there a possibility that,...maybe...WE could do something about that? Regards, Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain of the Tool Police Squares R I </TT></PRE></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>