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<blockquote type=cite cite><font size=3>> I still think it goes back
to the field of tuning itself. If one needed a<br>
> license from the state to tune a piano just like teaching shop
requires, the<br>
> PTG would hence become a paid club just like the music educators
national<br>
> conference. If one needs a license to cut hair why the hell
not to tune a<br>
> piano. If you need a license to have an animal, why not to
tune a piano. If<br>
> you need a license to fish or hunt, why not to tune a piano.
If you need a<br>
> license to sell alcohol, why not to tune a piano. If you need
a license to<br>
> be an undertaker, why not to tune a piano. If you need a
licensee to beg (in<br>
> some states), why not to tune a piano. I think it is time that
piano tuning<br>
> and repairing is licensed by the federal government. Get rid
of the RPT.<br>
> Everyone has to pass a state test and convert the PTG into the club
it really<br>
> belongs. </font></blockquote><br>
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<font size=3>Well, it looks like Jim Bryant has lost his long standing
"First Place " position<br>
for the "Dumbest Thing I've Ever Heard" award.<br>
<br>
:-)<br>
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<div>Jon Page, piano technician</div>
<div>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.</div>
<div><a href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net" EUDORA=AUTOURL>mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net</a></div>
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