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<DIV><SPAN class=826494206-13022003><FONT color=#0000ff =
size=2>Well, to quote
the late, great Joe E. Brown: "Zowee." That doesn't make a great deal of =
sense,
I know, but it was the first thing that popped into my poor little head =
when I
read your post. Don't know what else I COULD say. =
Zowee!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=826494206-13022003><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2>Alan</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT =
face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>KENNETH
FINLAYSON<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 13, 2003 12:28 =
AM<BR><B>To:</B>
pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Philosophy<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>You said "...our primary reason for existance is not to make =
money."
To<BR>which I say, with respect, bullmuffins. The primary function of =
any
business<BR>is to make a profit. The primary purpose of any employment =
is to
make money.<BR>Can we do that with integrity and honesty? Absolutely. =
But I'm
not in<BR>business to be noble: it's my livelyhood. This is NOT a =
personal
critisiscm<BR>of you or your operating philosophy, but making money is =
a good
thing.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Alan: </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My philosophy is something like the =
following.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you are an artist, and paint oil =
paintings,
you sell them - not to make money, but for the sake of the =
art.
Sometimes you make it big. Most of the time you suffer. Do you call =
this a
business? I don't. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am an artist of sound. Every =
tuning is
like selling an oil painting. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The primary purpose of any service is =
to serve
the public. The drudgery of having money, survival, employment, a new =
car,
income tax, are only sidelines - that take up far too much of my time, =
and I
wish I didn't have to bother with it. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can we do it without honesty and =
integrity?
Absolutely not. Can we tune six pianos a day and put the money in the =
bank?
Absolutely not. Why? We must think of nobler things if we are to =
survive. It
is not for naught piano tuning is deemed 'the noblest of =
trades.'
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kenny Finlayson,
RPT</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>