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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We all have our areas of specialty (and choice). Brain surgeons don’t do heart surgery but they are both MDs. Part of the art of being a “professional” is knowing the limits of your expertise and either doing something to increase that or knowing when to refer the work out. Part of having a successful enterprise is being able to—or having to, for that matter—choose what you want to work on and what you don’t. I make those decisions every week and often pass on work to others that I know are appreciative. I don’t think it compromises my professionalism.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>David Love<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>www.davidlovepianos.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><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"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>tnrwim@aol.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 16, 2013 10:26 AM<br><b>To:</b> pianotech@ptg.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [pianotech] "Free" PTG membership<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 2.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre><tt><span style='color:black'>Which brings up a point of mine - how can anyone - CLAIM - to be a - <o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre><tt><span style='color:black'>PROFESSIONAL - piano tech if (1) they refuse to <o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre><tt><span style='color:black'>tune ANY uprights (2) ONLY work on grands and can completely refuse ANY work on <o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre><tt><span style='color:black'>ANY rights (3) loath and refuse to work <o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre><tt><span style='color:black'>on (tune and other misc tech parts) of antique players.<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre><tt><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></pre><pre><tt><span style='color:black'>I hope this puts an end to the reasons why my status is the way it is !<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre><tt><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></tt></pre><pre><tt><span style='color:black'>Duaine<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre></blockquote></div></div></body></html>