<HTML>In a message dated 3/14/02 10:41:55 AM Central Standard Time, A440A@AOL.COM writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Side  by side comparisons with ET have never failed to waken significant percentages of listeners to the added resources of the WT's, and in my experience of the last 9 years, this applies to technicians, teachers, and pianists alike.</BLOCKQUOTE> I'll bet anything that nothing of the kind is planned for the PTG Annual Convention in Chicago.  Despite claims to the contrary, the Institute Committee historically has resisted HT presentations as much as it could get away with doing.  "There's no room", "not enough interest", "too much stress"...etc. Now, they can provide for full day or multiple day presentations on rebuilding but what percentage of piano technicians are involved with or even interested in rebuilding vs. the percentage interested in tuning advancement? When has the *ever* been a recital featuring HT's besides the one in Dearborn with Owen Jorgensen?  For that one, I had to call and complain that *no action whatsoever* had been taken on organizing the event.  Nothing in the schedule, no advance write ups, no nothing.  I recall that the person I had to deal with on this matter was the very same as the one whom I had a great deal of trouble with later, trouble to the point of me being in jeopardy of being *kicked out* of PTG.  The room was packed with a standing room only crowd as HT related events usually are.  This, with only word of mouth and passing out flyer advertising. The Current Director has given lip service to wanting to be responsive to what the membership wants and needs but I haven't heard anything at all about what may be in the works regarding this topic.  What ever happened to Skip Becker's hugely successful, standing room only, Festival of Temperaments?  They tried as hard as they could to make sure that as few people as possible would attend by putting it on the last day of classes when many people had already left. The Institute Committee refused to continue anything like it.   To even get my tuning done, I had to endure repeated harassment from Wally Brooks who is well known for his hatred of the very idea of what he calls, "Hysterical Temperaments" and "tuning the piano out of tune". Any complaint about this brings the usual, "I tune HT's myself", "we've had that before", "we have 4 classes on this subject" (but 5 on player pianos) [the kind with the paper rolls], "we're all volunteers, you wouldn't believe the amount of work we do, blah, blah blah..." So, Institute Committee, what really is in the works?  I keep getting mail asking *me* why these things are not on the agenda.  Haven't you gotten any lately? Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin <A HREF="http://www.billbremmer.com/">Click here: -=w w w . b i l l b r e m m e r . c o m =-</A> </HTML>