<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 4/25/01 2:18:12 PM Central Daylight Time,
<BR>gnewell@ameritech.net writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Lastly, why would the letter RPT after someone's name inspire confidence in
<BR>our profession? I truly do not understand this statement.
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<BR>Greg
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<BR>Whenver I give the tuning exam, I learn a great deal, about myself, and about
<BR>tuning a piano, (or regulating/repairing a piano in the case of the tech
<BR>exam). So just imagine how much is learned when one takes, and presumably
<BR>passes, the exams. There is more to becoming an RPT than the letters behind
<BR>your name. Passing the exams makes one a better person.
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<BR>Willem </FONT></HTML>