<font color='navy' size='2' face='Comic Sans MS, sans-serif'><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2">Jim Is a good guy. Trust me he's readin the </font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">list</font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"> right now, right Jim?</font> <div style="color: navy; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Dale<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></tt></tt><br> </div> <div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black">From: John Ross <jrpiano@bellaliant.net><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Tue, Feb 26, 2013 12:38 pm<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Protest the loss of PianoTech by responding<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_b88eef06-48f9-4b96-af0e-2f7dacabd855"> <base>You mean he doesn't read this list? <div>John Ross<br> <div> <div>On 2013-02-26, at 3:27 PM, "Encore Pianos" <<a href="mailto:encorepianos@metrocast.net">encorepianos@metrocast.net</a>> wrote:</div> <br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "> <div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Dear John:</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Might I suggest you forward your honest and forthright comments to our PTG President.  He needs to hear these kinds of things.  How he will respond, if at all, is up to him. </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Will Truitt</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [<a href="mailto:pianotech-?">mailto:pianotech-</a><a href="mailto:bounces@ptg.org">bounces@ptg.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>John Formsma<br> <b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, February 26, 2013 12:21 PM<br> <b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Pianotech List<br> <b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [pianotech] Protest the loss of PianoTech by responding</span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </div> <div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Former RPT? Yes, I've thought about that for myself. Never really considered it until all this junk with HL happened in 2011. That event, and its consequences, have remained stuck in my craw.</div> <div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </div> </div> <div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">It's not really about the dissolution of this list. Seems deeper than that.</div> </div> <div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </div> </div> <div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">I am certainly willing to overlook mistakes, even including HL. But it seems that there is a real disconnect between the organization and many of its members. Only a handful of folks actually like the HL "experience." So...if most of the forced users are opposed to HL, and that's what the organization thinks will propel the PTG into more relevance, I fail to see the point in continuing.</div> </div> <div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </div> </div> <div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">And I think the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a target="_blank" href="http://ptg.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">ptg.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>home page still looks incredibly ugly. And wretchedly retro. Hope that's clear.</div> </div> <div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </div> </div> <div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Right now, it's all thought and no action. Not sure what will happen when it's time for dues.</div> </div> <div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </div> </div> <div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">-- </div> <div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">John Formsma, dRPT (disgruntled) </div> </div> <div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Blue Mountain, MS</div> </div> </div> <div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> </div> <div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Susan Kline <<a href="mailto:skline@peak.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">skline@peak.org</a>> wrote:</div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; ">Dale -- FORMER RPT??? If you wanted to get attention (even while using a<br> question mark), I imagine you just did!</span></div> </div> </div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><br clear="all"></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></blockquote></div> <br> <div> </div> <br> </div> </div>  </div> </div> </font>