<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times = New Roman; FONT-SIZE: x-small"> <DIV><SPAN class=400012712-26012000>Atta boy RB, </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=400012712-26012000>Say amen somebody! </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=400012712-26012000>Also, check out David Barr's = <U>How to Set Up a  $100,000 Piano Service Business</U> at the Annual Convention = in Arlington, VA. </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=400012712-26012000>Best,</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=400012712-26012000>Dale</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=400012712-26012000> <P><FONT size=2>Dale Probst<BR>Institute Director<BR>PTG Annual Convention<BR>Arlington, VA--July 5-9,2000<BR>wardprobst@cst.net<BR>(940)691-3682 voice<BR>(940) 691-6843 fax<BR><A href="http://www.equaltemperament.com/PTG/" target=_blank>http://www.equaltemperament.com/PTG/</A><BR><BR> </F= ONT> </P></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader>-----Original = Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf = Of</B> Richard Brekne<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 26, 2000 2:13 = AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Why<BR><BR></DIV>Grin.  = Because the tuning / technical community as a whole allows continually = themselves to find themselves in this situation. The power to change this is and = always has been in our hands. <P>Richard Brekne <BR>I.C.P.T.G.  N.P.T.F. <BR>Bergen, Norway <P>"David M. Porritt" wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"> <FONT size=+0>Why is it that a = salesman can make $150,000 per year and be called "successful".  A piano technician = who makes half that is "gouging the public."</FONT> <FONT size=+0>Sorry!  I had an all-tuning day and that leaves me too = much time to think!</FONT> <FONT size=+0>dave</FONT> <HR> <FONT size=+0>David M. Porritt</FONT><FONT size=+0><A = href="mailto:dporritt@swbell.net">dporritt@swbell.net</A></FONT><FONT size=+0>Meadows School of the Arts</FONT><FONT size=+0>Southern = Methodist University</FONT><FONT size=+0>Dallas, TX 75275</FONT> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>