<font color='navy' size='2' face='Comic Sans MS, sans-serif'>Thanks to all who have registered massive support for this list. <div>It has changed my life in so many ways. So many friends, so much collegiality, Such a brain trust!!!. </div> <div> You all are awesome</div> <div>Kind regards</div> <div>Dale S . Erwin</div> <div>Former RPT? hmmm<br> <br> <div style="clear:both"><font size="1" color="royalblue"><b><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font color="black"><font color="mediumblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Dale Erwin <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 size="1" color="black"><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 size="1" color="cornflowerblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">www.Erwinspiano.com</font><font size="1"><br> </font><font size="1" color="crimson" 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;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Encore Pianos <encorepianos@metrocast.net><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Tue, Feb 26, 2013 7:57 am<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Protest the loss of PianoTech by responding<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_1a78adee-423c-4e6d-97b3-a9f5c9517963"> <div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:">I think Susan has said it all.  </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:">Will</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> <div> <div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"> <a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org?">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Andersen<br> <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 26, 2013 10:43 AM<br> <b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [pianotech] Protest the loss of PianoTech by responding</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal">Ho! BIG agreement. The leadership of PTG are throwing away a precious diamond; are we gonna let them? If that happens, I'm back posting every day. This divided, truncated, mess that exists now is de-inspiring, confusing, depressing. Little boxes of self-interest, scattered, impersonal---yuck. Susan, you rock. Great sentence below….</div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"> </div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal">David Andersen</div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"> </div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"> </div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal">On Feb 25, 2013, at 11:07 PM, Susan Kline <<a href="mailto:skline@peak.org">skline@peak.org</a>> wrote:</div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"><br> <br> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"> </span></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:">After all, if the PTG doesn't value the one, the unique, the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"><br> <span style="background:white">first, the simplest, and the most popular piano technicians' email<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br> <span style="background:white">list ever, then perhaps they deserve to see it leave their premises to take on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br> <span style="background:white">a life of its own?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> </div> </font>