<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: clothing</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Your a fuddy duddy!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David I.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=lesher@jdweb.com href="mailto:lesher@jdweb.com">Cliff = Lesher</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 21, 2002 = 10:52 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: clothing</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Tex,<BR><BR>While servicing a 1953 Acrosonic on = Tuesday, I came across a pamphlet that Baldwin apparently included with the piano. =  In it there was section about service, tuning and how to choose a = technician.  The accompanying picture (drawing) showed a tuner at someone's = door wearing a double-breasted suit, doffing a chapeau, and carrying what = appeared to be a doctor's bag.<BR><BR>While times have changed, I don't think = this image is terribly far off from the impression a good piano technician = should offer.  Call me a fuddy duddy, but I wear dress pants, dress = shirt, and tie.  I try to keep the shoes shined.<BR><BR>After all, piano = doctors still make house calls.<BR><BR>Cliff Lesher<BR>Winfield, PA<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><BR><B>From: </B>Wimblees@AOL.COM<BR><B>Reply-To: </B>pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Date: </B>Fri, 21 Jun 2002 11:10:06 EDT<BR><B>To: </B>pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject: </B>Re: clothing<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=2>In a message dated 6/20/02 4:43:36 PM = Central Daylight Time, grandrestorations@yahoo.com writes: = <BR><BR><BR></FONT> <BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=2>I wear a short sleeved work shirt = <BR>(happens to be light blue, other colors would <BR>work) on which I had = embroidered my first name <BR>above one pocket and a grand piano with the = <BR>company name above the other pocket.  <BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=2><BR><BR>I see that others wear your name on the shirt, in = some form or another. I am sorry, but to me that brings our profession down to = the level of a janitor, plumber or auto mechanic. I can see the plastic = name tag, used by doctors. But anything embroidered on a shirt, to me, is = "low class." We are supposed to be high class people, invited into not = only the home, but usually in the best room of the home. I want to present = myself as professionally as possible, and an embroidered shirt just doesn't = cut it. <BR><BR>Just my view <BR><BR>Wim <BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>