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<DIV><FONT size=2>Wim, Del,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I've taken classes from both of you, and I =
appreciate your
time, effort, and generous sharing of knowlege greatly. It really
emphasizes the "Guild" nature of the PTG in a warm and communal =
way. I was
surprised to find that not only do instructors not get paid, they have =
to pay to
get into the convention as well.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster, TSO--</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Rochester, MN</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Wimblees@AOL.COM =
href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM">Wimblees@AOL.COM</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> June 10, 2002 9:17 =
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Improving the =
Journal</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a =
message dated
6/9/02 11:40:45 PM Central Daylight Time, <A
href="mailto:pianobuilders@olynet.com">pianobuilders@olynet.com</A> =
writes:
<BR><BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE
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solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"
TYPE="CITE">Anyway, we can't have this thing both ways. Either more =
folks
have to get <BR>involved -- at sometimes great personal cost -- or =
we'll all
have to be <BR>willing to pay more money somewhere along the line.
<BR><BR>OK. That's the end of my rant for today. I'll shut up and go =
back to
working <BR>on my convention class now. <BR><BR>Del
<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>I totally agree with everything you said, =
Del.
Thank you for your rant. If the people who complain about the classes =
and the
articles would volunteer to teach one class, even at the local level, =
or write
one article, even for their chapter's newsletter, they would realize =
the time
and money involved, and appreciate what they are getting for virtually =
nothing. <BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>