<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To those of you who responded with some = ideas that I might consider, my heartfelt thanks.  I appreciate the time that = you took to consider what might be of value.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To those of you who consider that I am = too stupid to be standing in the same room with a piano, take your comments and = shove them.  I belong to the Portland Chapter of PTG. I have taken = Randy's Course, and tuned for several years before that.  I have worked = with a PTG mentor, and he feels comfortable enough with my work to have me service = clients that are closer to my area than to his.  I have just finished = rebuilding a Baldwin grand piano in my shop that is doing quite nicely thank you very = much.  I just returned from the Reno Convention where I enjoyed a = week of learning and fellowship with some really fine people.  = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If I didn't phrase my question in a = manner sophisticated enough for you "RPT policemen" that is your problem not mine.  I didn't realize that the list was limited to questions that = had to be pre-approved by the Good-old-boy network.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I feel insulted by Bill Ballards = comments and disappointed in all of you who felt that he had the right to trash me = and my modest request for input.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shame on you.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed Carwithen</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Not an RPT and less inclined to try to = become one</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>