<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Both Richard and I agree. Since I was = the one to initiate this thread, I should probably be the one to end it, on my part = anyway.  Nice posting, Ron. My respect for you grows daily, and it = started out high in the beginning. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I have to admit, = that part of my original posting was due to frustration about now being allowed to do my = job at the level at which I am capable. I truly love to make the pianos I work = on sound great for these performances, and will pour myself into the task of = getting them that way. But upon serious introspection, I think my own self respect = caused my to react in the only way it could; with outrage that I held inside, out = of the common decency that I try to show to everyone. (Most of the time, don't = start with me..............)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I spent years = learning this art. Mind you, I didn't say "trade", I said ART.  And an art it is, it = may be part science, part technical, part feeling, but in order to put it all = together requires more than just technical skill. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I think my problem = was that these "elites" that put these things together treat us as no better than = they would a busboy, and maybe they think that bringing a piano to fruition = is nothing more than wiping fingerprints off a glass. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Ron's got it exactly = right. Charge them for every minute. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, November 09, = 2002 10:54 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Educating = Managers</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Ron Nossaman wrote:<BR><BR>> This sort of thing = comes up fairly regularly, and someone always presents<BR>> it as an = opportunity to rise above the challenge. I don't get it. It's<BR>> probably a = character deficiency on my part, but I see that as a willing<BR>> victim's attitude.......<BR><BR>Whatever character deficiencies you may or may = not have, I dont see this as one<BR>of them. I wholeheartedly aggree, both = with the standpoint and the way it was<BR>presented.<BR><BR>Cheers!<BR><BR>RicB<BR><BR>--<BR>Richard Brekne<BR>RPT, N.P.T.F.<BR>UiB, Bergen, Norway<BR><A = href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A><BR><= A = href="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broad= park.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A><BR><BR><BR>____________________________= ___________________<BR>pianotech list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>