<font color='navy' size='2' face='Comic Sans MS, sans-serif'>Wim <div> I did that earlier.<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 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 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 11:27 am<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Protest the loss of PianoTech by responding<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_461d9c18-a21c-4f1a-bb8a-5d6ce85944aa"> <div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:">Dear John:</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:">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 class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:">Will Truitt</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> <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>John Formsma<br> <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 26, 2013 12:21 PM<br> <b>To:</b> Pianotech List<br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [pianotech] Protest the loss of PianoTech by responding</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal">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 class="MsoNormal"> </div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal">It's not really about the dissolution of this list. Seems deeper than that.</div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"> </div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal">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 class="MsoNormal"> </div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal">And I think the <a target="_blank" href="http://ptg.org">ptg.org</a> home page still looks incredibly ugly. And wretchedly retro. Hope that's clear.</div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"> </div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal">Right now, it's all thought and no action. Not sure what will happen when it's time for dues.</div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"> </div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal">-- </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal">John Formsma, dRPT (disgruntled) </div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal">Blue Mountain, MS</div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"> </div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Susan Kline <<a href="mailto:skline@peak.org">skline@peak.org</a>> wrote:</div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:">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 class="MsoNormal"><br clear="all"></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> </div> </font>